Guys/Girls Opt for Activities for Life Trial (GOAL) to Increase Young Adolescents' Physical Activity and Healthy Eating

NAActive, not recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

935

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 26, 2020

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2026

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2026

Conditions
Obesity, Adolescent
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Guys/Girls Opt for Activities for Life (GOAL)

The 4 month (16-wk) GOAL intervention has 3 components: (1) After-school GOAL Club: 26 events (2 days/week; 120 min/event/day; 13 weeks due to no club during 3 school break weeks) for boys and girls to engage in physical activity and healthy eating and cooking activities; (2) Three parent-adolescent meetings (1st meeting at each school for parents and adolescents \[Zoom option if needed\]; 2nd and 3rd meetings delivered virtually and asynchronously for parents): to empower parents to assist adolescents with physical activity and healthy eating and cooking; and (3) GOAL social networking website: private website for parents to share with each other how they helped their adolescent increase physical activity and diet quality each week.

Trial Locations (2)

48109

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

48824

Michigan State University, East Lansing

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University of Michigan

OTHER

collaborator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

lead

Michigan State University

OTHER