WAVE~Ripples for Change: Obesity Prevention in Active Youth

Sponsor

Oregon State University (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT03215485

Collaborator

(none)

498

Enrollment

Arms

Actual Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Intervention targets youth ages 14 - 19 participating in soccer teams. The intervention group will be given face to face nutrition lessons and have access to an online immersive learning environment. The comparison group will not. The project will test if the immersive learning environment is effective in preventing unhealthy weight gain.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Childhood Obesity Prevention	Behavioral: Nutrition lessons Behavioral: Virtual world learning environment Other: Newsletter	N/A

Detailed Description

Active youth are just as likely to develop poor dietary habits that can contribute to obesity later in life, after high school sports has ended. However, youth in sports may provide a key "window of opportunity" to teach them about eating health foods if that information is tied to sport performance. This project will test to see if that is true.

The virtual world is an idea medium for learning for this project. The project will test whether it indeed can result in behavior change more effectively than just more traditional face to face learning.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

498 participants

Allocation:

Non-Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

There is one intervention group and one comparison group.There is one intervention group and one comparison group.

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

The WAVE~Ripples for Change: Obesity Prevention in Active Youth in Afterschool Programs Using Virtual- and Real-World Experiential Learning

Actual Study Start Date :

Aug 1, 2014

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Sep 1, 2018

Actual Study Completion Date :

Dec 31, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group All intervention youth participants will receive three components: Nutrition lessons Virtual World learning environment Newsletters	Behavioral: Nutrition lessons Face-to-face interactive group lessons delivered in the classroom. Behavioral: Virtual world learning environment Every participant has their own unique avatar in the virtual world learning environment named Rippleville. They can choose to complete quests, watch archived nutrition video lessons, explore, and socialize with other avatars. They receive rewards (Rippleville dollar and badges) for their efforts. Other Names: Rippleville Other: Newsletter All participants in the intervention and comparison groups receive up to 10 professional newsletters on topics related to sports nutrition and performance, healthy eating and active living tips.
Active Comparator: Comparison All comparison youth participants will only receive one component: 1) Newsletters	Other: Newsletter All participants in the intervention and comparison groups receive up to 10 professional newsletters on topics related to sports nutrition and performance, healthy eating and active living tips.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Intervention Group

All intervention youth participants will receive three components: Nutrition lessons Virtual World learning environment Newsletters

Behavioral: Nutrition lessons

Face-to-face interactive group lessons delivered in the classroom.

Behavioral: Virtual world learning environment

Every participant has their own unique avatar in the virtual world learning environment named Rippleville. They can choose to complete quests, watch archived nutrition video lessons, explore, and socialize with other avatars. They receive rewards (Rippleville dollar and badges) for their efforts.

Other Names:

Rippleville

Other: Newsletter

All participants in the intervention and comparison groups receive up to 10 professional newsletters on topics related to sports nutrition and performance, healthy eating and active living tips.

Active Comparator: Comparison

All comparison youth participants will only receive one component: 1) Newsletters

Other: Newsletter

All participants in the intervention and comparison groups receive up to 10 professional newsletters on topics related to sports nutrition and performance, healthy eating and active living tips.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Nutrition: Meet specific good groups dietary recommendation/guideline for fruit, vegetables, fat, and sugar intakes. [Change from baseline at 12 and 24 months later]
Intakes of fat, sugar, fruits and vegetables are measured by self-reported screener using the Block Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ). Change in intake frequencies are compared baseline, 12 and 24 months later.
Physical activity: Meet moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) recommendation. [Change from baseline at 12 and 24 months later]
MVPA is measured by total steps and minutes per day with the use of a wearable lifestyle tracker such as the Fitbit. Average steps during soccer season and outside soccer season are compared.
Sleep about 8 hours/day. [Change from baseline at 12 and 24 months later]
Together with MVPA, sleep is measured by average number of sleep hours per day as self-reported by participants via written and/or electronic surveys .

Secondary Outcome Measures

Growth-adjusted Body Mass Index (kg/m2) [Change from baseline at 12 and 24 months later]
Height and body weight are measured using a stadiometer (SECA 217, SECA Corp., Singapore) and a Tanita scale (TM-300A, Tanita Corp., Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, Japan).