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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2020
Main ID:  ACTRN12607000373471
Date of registration: 16/07/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University
Public title: Be Active Eat Well in Colac
Scientific title: A 3-year study in primary school children of multiple strategies to build the community's capacity to promote healthy eating and physical activity compared to no specific interventions on body size and waist circumference
Date of first enrolment: 17/03/2003
Target sample size: 2000
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12607000373471.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Purpose: Prevention; Allocation: Non-randomised trial; Masking: Open (masking not used);Assignment: Parallel;Type of endpoint: Safety/efficacy;  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name: Andrea Sanigorski   
Address:  Deakin University Waterfront Campus 1 Gheringhap St Geelong VIC 3217 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 52270369
Email: andrea.sanigorski@deakin.edu.au
Affiliation: 
Name: Boyd Swinburn   
Address:  Deakin University 221 Burwood Highway Melbourne VIC 3125 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 92517096
Email: boyd.swinburn@deakin.edu.au
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All children in kindergarten and primary schools (enrollment >20) in the intervention community and the randomly selected areas for the comparison group.
Exclusion criteria: Unable to measure height or weight

Age minimum: 3 Years
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Overweight and obesity in children.;
Overweight and obesity in children.
Diet and Nutrition - Obesity
Intervention(s)
Intervention group: Multiple strategies over 3 years in the schools and community to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Examples of strategies include school food policies, active after school programs, reducing TV viewing programs, school fruit activities, programs with local fast food outlets to improve the quality of food, parent education programs, social marketing, training of professionals and promoting active transport.
Primary Outcome(s)
Body mass index z-score[At baseline (2003) and follow up at 3 years (2006)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity[All measurements at baseline (2003) and follow up (2006)]
Indicators of healthy eating and physical activity[All measurements at baseline (2003) and follow up (2006)]
Body mass index[All measurements at baseline (2003) and follow up (2006)]
Waist circumference[All measurements at baseline (2003) and follow up (2006)]
School environmental audits[All measurements at baseline (2003) and follow up (2006)]
Community capacity. [All measurements at baseline (2003) and follow up (2006)]
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Department of Human Services, Victoria
VicHealth
Australian Department of Health and Ageing
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Colac Area Health
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
All primary schools in the Barwon-SW region of Victoria-Deakin University Human Research Ethics Committee
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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