Dissemination of an Adolescent Obesity Prevention Intervention to Louisiana Schools

Launched by LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE · Mar 21, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

The Louisiana-based, 12-week, multi-level, multi-component, ecological intervention is called Preventing Obesity Using Digital-assisted Movement and Eating (ProudMe). Guided by robust theories and prior work, this project involves multiple trained student researchers to address two specific aims.

Aim 1: to test the effectiveness of the ProudMe intervention in Louisiana middle schools. Informed by power analysis (80% statistical power), the study recruits 480 adolescents from 12 middle schools (cluster-randomized to 6 ProudMe schools vs 6 wait-list control schools). Quantitative data on obe...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Students enrolled in 6th, 7th, or 8th grades in participating schools.
• • Students with parental consent and child assent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Students enrolled in grades other than 6th, 7th, or 8th grades
• • Students in non-participating schools.
• • Students without parental consent and child assent.
• • Students without adequate readiness for physical activity.