School Based Health Promotion Program in Secondary Schools

Technical University of Munich595 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a school based health promotion program in secondary schools is effective with respect to an increase of physical activity, physical fitness and health.

Current understanding of physical activity in childhood demonstrates the health benefits of regular exercise, such as improved cardiovascular fitness, skeletal health and prevention of overweight and obesity. The children obtained weekly health education lessons from their teachers to increase the physical activity in and outside of school and to improve health behavior (healthy food, no drugs) as well as the general well-being of children. Monthly training for teachers and regular training (2-3x/year) for the parents complete the intervention.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

595

Conditions

Obesity Cardiovascular Risk

Interventions

School children and adolescents as health expertsBEHAVIORAL

Experimental group: Weekly health lesson for children; Monthly training for teacher; 2-3 trainings/year for the parents

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 9 YearsMax age: 14 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children in the 1. grade of secondary General Schools or Intermediate Schools with written consent from the parents in the greater Munich area Exclusion Criteria: * Children without written consent from their parents

Locations (1)

Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Technical University Munich

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Daily physical activity > 60 minutes

number of days with physical activity \> 60 minutes

Time frame: 4 years

Secondary Outcomes

Physical fitness

6-item-test battery (points)

Time frame: 4 years

Anthropometric parameters

BMI (kg/m2), BMI-SDS, Waist and upper arm circumferences (cm), skinfold thickness (mm), Blood pressure (mm Hg)

Time frame: 4 years

Blood samples

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl), LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl), Triglycerides (mg/dl), Glucose (mg/dl), Insulin (µU/ml), Leptin (ng/ml), Adiponectin (µg/ml), Il-6 (pg/ml), hsCRP (mg/L)

Time frame: 4 years

Retinal vascular caliber

Central retinal arteriolar (CRAE) and venular (CRVE) vessel diameters, arteriolar-to-venular-ratio

Time frame: 4 years

Lifestyle and socio-economic index

Questionnaire concerning eating pattern, sitting behavior, smoking, drinking, school level parents, nationality children and parents)

Time frame: 4 years

Arterial stiffness

Sphygmograph

Time frame: 4 years

Quality of life

Questionnaire (KINDL-R)

Time frame: 4 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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