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Clinician Promotion of Healthy Diet and Activity to Reduce Obesity Among Adolescents
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Obesity Prevention and Tobacco Prevention for Obesity. Completed, enrolled 693 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study will test an 18-month intervention designed to increase physical activity, reduce sedentary practices and promote healthy diets or reduce tobacco use and exposure among preteens who obtain orthodontic care. Relevance: If successful, this study may inform policies that would promote all specialists (orthodontists, physicians, general dentists) to deliver brief counseling for diet, physical activity, and tobacco prevention.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Those in the experimental, obesity prevention, condition will be exposed to the office-wide intervention for diet and activity. The intervention will consist of training of orthodontists and office staff to provide appropriate social prompts, reinforcement and counseling, and modification of the offices to provide supportive physical and social resources for their patients and parents.
Those in the control, tobacco prevention, condition will be exposed to the office-wide intervention for avoidance of tobacco and second hand smoke. The intervention will consist of training of orthodontists and office staff to provide appropriate social prompts, reinforcement and counseling, and modification of the offices to provide supportive physical and social resources for their patients and parents.