Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Trial website
Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Ms Wilma Jansen
ORCID ID
Contact details
P.O. Box 70032
Rotterdam
3000 LP
Netherlands
+31 (0)10 4339421
jansenw@ggd.rotterdam.nl
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The Rotterdam Daily Exercise Project leads to less overweight, improved fitness, healthier food habits and healthier exercise habits.
Ethics approval
Ethics approval received from the Medical Ethics Review Committee of the Erasmus Medical Center (The Netherlands) on the 4th May 2007 (ref: MEC-2006-365).
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Healthy nutrition and physical activity, prevention of obesity
Intervention
The Rotterdam Daily Exercise Project consist of an intensified school sports curriculum by a professional teacher, during and after school hours, education of parents with respect to healthy nutrition and exercise, education of children with respect to healthy nutrition and exercise, as well as promoting sport facilities in the neighbourhood.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Body Mass Index (BMI)
2. Waist circumference
3. Fitness
Secondary outcome measures
1. Attitude, intention and behaviour regarding healthy nutrition and exercise
2. School performance
Overall trial start date
01/09/2006
Overall trial end date
01/07/2007
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Pupils (age six to 12 years) of all regular primary schools that are willing to participate in the project.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
2400
Participant exclusion criteria
Pupils (age six to 12 years) of schools that already adopted elements out of the total project in their school program.
Recruitment start date
01/09/2006
Recruitment end date
01/07/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Trial participating centre
P.O. Box 70032
Rotterdam
3000 LP
Netherlands
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Community of Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2011 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21609245
Publication citations
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Results
Jansen W, Borsboom G, Meima A, Zwanenburg EJ, Mackenbach JP, Raat H, Brug J, Effectiveness of a primary school-based intervention to reduce overweight., Int J Pediatr Obes, 2011, 6, 2-2, e70-7, doi: 10.3109/17477166.2011.575151.