This proposal will test Balance Adolescent Lifestyle Activities and Nutrition Choices for Energy (BALANCE), a multilevel intervention administered through Parents as Teachers (PAT) and designed to reduce overweight in postpartum teens. The intervention will focus on the replacement of 'obesogenic' patterns (such as high soda intake, excess portion size, and sedentary activity) with 'energy' patterns (such as water consumption, appropriate portion size, and walking).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,325
The intervention will focus on the replacement of 'obesogenic' patterns (such as high soda intake, excess portion size, and sedentary activity) with 'energy' patterns (such as water consumption, appropriate portion size, and walking).
Washington University in St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, United States
BMI change at 6 month post assessment
Postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who are at risk for overweight (85th-94th percentile BMI) or are overweight (equal to or greater than the 95th percentile) at baseline will have a change in BMI with a lower absolute BMI at 6 month post assessment than those in the control group
Time frame: Baseline and 6 month post assessment
BMI change at 1 year post assessment
Postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who are at risk for overweight (85th-94th percentile BMI) or are overweight (equal to or greater than the 95th percentile) at baseline will have a change in BMI with a lower absolute BMI at the 1 year post assessment than those in the control group
Time frame: Baseline to 1 year post assessment
reduce caloric intake
Our secondary hypotheses are that at the conclusion of the study (6 month post assessment) when compared to the control group, there will be a significantly greater proportion of postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who reduce caloric intake.
Time frame: baseline and 6 month post test
Engage in moderate intensity walking
Our secondary hypotheses are that at the conclusion of the study (6 month post assessment) when compared to the control group, there will be a significantly greater proportion of postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who increase moderate intensity walking.
Time frame: Baseline and 6 month Post test
Improve their knowledge of energy patterns
Our secondary hypotheses are that at the conclusion of the study (6 month post assessment) when compared to the control group, there will be a significantly greater proportion of postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who improve their knowledge of energy patterns.
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Time frame: Baseline and 6 month Post test
Increase frequency of performance of energy patterns
Our secondary hypotheses are that at the conclusion of the study (6 month post assessment) when compared to the control group, there will be a significantly greater proportion of postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who increase frequency of performance of energy patterns.
Time frame: Baseline and 6 month post test