REGULarity of Physical ActivitieS (REGUL'APS)

University of Nancy1,600 enrolled

Overview

In French primary schools, children participate in 3 compulsory hours of physical education (PE) each week unless they have a medical contra-indication. But, there is no scientific evidence (randomized trial) that a weekly physical activity splitting up of these 3 hours of PE brings or not the same effects, particularly to prevent overweight or obesity. Regul'aps is a cluster randomized controlled trial which wants to evaluate whether splitting up the 3 hours into 3 or 4 sessions (vs. 1-2 sessions) of PE per week has an effect on speed of a BMI increase and on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) over the school year. Study hypothesis: reduction of speed of increase of BMI and an increase of HRQoL

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,600

Conditions

Overweight Obesity

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All teachers under the cover of the headmasters in charge of classes from grades 2 to 5 in 2 counties in the Lorraine region of France (Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges \[District of Golbey\]) * headmasters or teachers had to agree to modify the organisation of PE sessions Exclusion Criteria: * Classes composed only of 2d grade * Set schedule of physical educational sessions

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference

September 2006 : at the beginning of school year June 2007 : at the end of school year (31 weeks later)

Time frame: September 2006 and June 2007

Secondary Outcomes

Health-related quality of life