The Active by Choice Today (ACT) Trial to Increase Physical Activity

PHASE1/PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,422

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2004

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2009

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2009

Conditions
ExercisePhysical ActivityObesity
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Physical Activity Program

A 17-week motivational and behavioral skills after-school intervention for increasing moderate to vigorous physical activity in low income and minority adolescents.

BEHAVIORAL

General Health Program

A 17-week general health afterschool intervention (comparison program) focused on nutrition, stress management, drug prevention, and drop-out prevention.

Trial Locations (1)

29208

University of South Carolina, Columbia

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

lead

University of South Carolina

OTHER

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