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NCT Number: NCT01617486

Achieving Energy Balance in Post Partum Teens

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).

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Key information

Conditions

Obesity Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

12 year–20 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Washington University in St. Louis

St Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • between 12 to 20 years of age
  • less than 1 year post partum
  • current participant in Parents as Teachers

Exclusion criteria

  • currently pregnant

Treatment and study plan

BALANCE

Behavioral

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).

Primary outcomes

  1. BMI change at 6 month post assessment

    Time frame: Baseline and 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

  2. BMI change at 1 year post assessment

    Time frame: Baseline to 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

Secondary outcomes

  1. reduce caloric intake

    Time frame: baseline and 6 month post test

    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.

  2. Engage in moderate intensity walking

    Time frame: Baseline and 6 month Post test

    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.

  3. Improve their knowledge of energy patterns

    Time frame: Baseline and 6 month Post test

    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.

  4. Increase frequency of performance of energy patterns

    Time frame: Baseline and 6 month post test

    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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Other

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Registry information

Official study title

Achieving Energy Balance in Overweight Post Partum Teens

Acronym: BALANCE

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Jun 12, 2012
Registry last updated
Jun 12, 2012

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