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NCT Number: NCT01699295

Physical Activity and Academic Achievement Across the Curriculum (A+PAAC)

There is currently considerable interest in both improving academic achievement (No Child Left Behind) and reducing the rates of obesity and its associated negative health consequences in elementary school students. Increased physical activity (PA) offers a potential intervention to address both issues. Evidence is available which suggests an association of PA with both academic achievement and obesity, and an association between obesity and academic achievement.

To provide increased PA while maintaining academic instruction time, we developed a program we call "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) in which regular classroom teachers were trained to deliver academic lessons using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/d, 5 days/wk. This study is looking to compare academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in academic lessons taught through MVPA (PAAC) to students that do not (CON).

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

7 year–10 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Grade 2 or 3 Student at one of the randomly selected elementary schools
  • Students that agree to complete assessments
  • Signed parental consent form
  • Signed child assent form

Exclusion criteria

  • Students that do not agree to complete assessments

Treatment and study plan

A+PAAC

Behavioral

academic lessons delivered by regular classroom teachers using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/day, 5 days/week.

CON

Behavioral

lessons taught by regular classroom teachers using traditional/regular sedentary lessons

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in Academic Achievement in Elementary Students

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years

    Changes in academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in a program that delivers academic lessons taught through MVPA (A+PAAC) to students in elementary schools that do not receive academic lessons taught through MVPA (CON)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessment of Cognitive Function

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years

    Changes in attentional control and academic achievement

  2. Body Mass Index (BMI)

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years

    Change in the BMI over course of the study.

  3. Cardiovascular (CV) Fitness and Daily Physical Activity (PA)

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years

    Changes in CV Fitness and PA and its impact on cognitive control of attention and academic achievement

  4. Change in Attention-to-Task

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Joseph Donnelly

Other

Registry information

Acronym: A+PAAC

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2015
First posted
Oct 3, 2012
Registry last updated
Jan 12, 2016

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