A randomized controlled trial of students for nutrition and eXercise: a community-based participatory research study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To conduct a randomized controlled trial of Students for Nutrition and eXercise, a 5-week middle school-based obesity-prevention intervention combining school-wide environmental changes, multimedia, encouragement to eat healthy school cafeteria foods, and peer-led education.

Methods

We randomly selected schools (five intervention, five waitlist control) from the Los Angeles Unified School District. School records were obtained for number of fruits and vegetables served, students served lunch, and snacks sold per attending student, representing an average of 1,515 students (SD = 323) per intervention school and 1,524 students (SD = 266) per control school. A total of 2,997 seventh-graders (75% of seventh-graders across schools) completed pre- and postintervention surv

SUBMITTER: Bogart LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4143532 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature