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NCT Number: NCT01046474

Reducing Beverages and Sugar and Increasing Physical Activity in Public School Adolescents From Brazil

The main objective is to evaluate the effect on BMI of a school-based program that discourages the consumption of all sweetened beverages, encourages the reduction in sugar intake, and encourages the increase in physical activity among adolescents and their families from a low socioeconomic area.

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Key information

Conditions

Sugar Intake Beans Intake Behavior Beverage Intake Fruit Intake Motor Activity Physical Activity

Age range

9 year–15 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

20 Schools of Metropolitan Area

Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

About this study

Specific objectives are:

  • To compare total, lean, and fatty body mass variation in adolescents aged 11 to 14, from 7th and 8th grades from schools under intervention and from the ones not subjected to the intervention program.
  • To compare sweetened beverages consumption and sugar intake before and after the intervention in both groups of schools.
  • To evaluate the impact of the intervention on the selling of sweetened beverages in the cafeterias.
  • To compare change in family expenditures with sweetened beverages and sugar.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 5th grades

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnancy

Treatment and study plan

Lifestyle

Behavioral

Based on beliefs and behaviors of children sections of education will be delivered via classroom activities.

Activities will be facilitated by trained research assistants. Printed instructions and orientations on the facilitation process will support the assistants' efforts. The activities will require 20 to 30 minutes, and teachers will be encouraged to reiterate the message during their lesson. The goal is to promote ten one-hour sessions of activity for each class.

Children will also be stimulated to increase everyday activities such as walking and playing games at home and school. Also, activities with parents and family members such as walking around the neighborhood on weekends will be promoted.

Primary outcomes

  1. Body mass index

    Time frame: one year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mean lean and fatty body mass proportions: measured by portable electrical bioimpedance bean

    Time frame: one year

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Rio de Janeiro State University

Other

Collaborators

  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Registry information

Official study title

Preventing Excessive Weight Gain by Reducing Carbonated Beverage and Sugar Consumption and Increasing Physical Activity Among Public School Adolescents From the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro

Acronym: PAPAS

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Jan 12, 2010
Registry last updated
Jul 20, 2011

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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