NCT03010644: SWEAT

Summer Weight and Environmental Assessment Trial

Completed Last updated 13 March 2019

What this trial tests

trial testing n/a - observational study in Childhood Obesity in 152 participants. Completed in 31 December 2018.

Timeline

1 May 2017

Primary endpoint
30 November 2018

31 December 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Ohio State University
Status	Completed
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	152
Start date	1 May 2017
Primary completion	30 November 2018
Estimated completion	31 December 2018
Sites	2 locations across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• n/a - observational study

Conditions studied

• Childhood Obesity — all drugs for Childhood Obesity →

Sponsor

Ohio State University

Who can join

Adults 4 to 12, any sex, with Childhood Obesity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The consequences of childhood obesity are devastating, affecting the physical and mental health of children. Disadvantaged school-age children are at risk for unhealthy gains in BMI during the summer months and there is a dearth of information regarding the causal health behaviors and environmental factors. The overall objective of this application is to provide an in depth examination of key dietary and physical activity behaviors as well as the food, physical activity, and social environments of low-income, racial/ethnic school-age children. To achieve this goal, an observational study utilizing a multi-state prospective cohort design will be conducted with the goal of examining the weight gain trajectory among a racially and ethnically diverse convenience sample of disadvantaged school-age children who routinely attend structured programming during the summer months and those who don't participate in structured programming. In addition, a subset of these children will be evaluated to learn their daily health behaviors, as well as their food, physical activity, and social environments during the summer. Identification of determinants of program participation and factors that may enhance the beneficial effects of program participation will also occur. A social ecological framework approach will guide the research. This study can be expected to have a significant positive impact by providing information on the factors that protect disadvantaged children from unhealthy weight gain during the summer which can be used by stakeholders at the local, state, and federal level to reform current policy that will increase child participation in health promoting programming during the summer window of risk.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Project SWEAT (Summer Weight and Environmental Assessment Trial): study protocol of an observational study using a multistate, prospective design that examines the weight gain trajectory among a racially and ethnically diverse convenience sample of economically disadvantaged scho
   Hopkins LC, Penicka C, Evich C, Jones B, et al · · 2018 · cited 3× · PMID 30158223 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021168
2. Caregiver Perceptions of Environmental Facilitators and Barriers to Healthy Eating and Active Living during the Summer: Results from the Project SWEAT Sub-Study.
   Hopkins LC, Sharn AR, Remley D, Schier H, et al · · 2021 · cited 2× · PMID 34769918 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph182111396