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Participants
Start Date
June 19, 2017
Primary Completion Date
June 15, 2018
Study Completion Date
June 15, 2018
Kids N Fitness Program
Participants will engage in a one-week weight-management summer camp consisting of different activities related to moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and healthy eating. MVPA will consist of modifiable games and activities using a variety of equipment familiar to children of this age, such as balls, hula-hoops, Frisbees, etc., in both competitive and cooperative formats that keep participants moving at all times, and emphasize a feeling of play as opposed to a feeling of exercise. Healthy eating activities are composed of varying classroom-style learning and practical application of knowledge to topics such as recommendations from the MyPlate.gov website, the different types of food groups, and caloric intake and portion sizes, among other various topics.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge
American Diabetes Association
OTHER
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
OTHER
American Council on Exercise
OTHER
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
OTHER