Primary Prevention of Obesity in American Indian Youth in Rural Tribal Schools

The goal of this study is to learn if a culturally relevant health promotion curricula prevents obesity among 4th graders in rural tribal schools. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Does the health promotion curricula intervention increase diet and physical activity behaviors in 4th grade students? Researchers will compare 4th grade classes who will receive intervention at two intervention schools to 4th grades at two comparison schools who will not receive the intervention. All participants will have their skin carotenoids assessed using Veggie Meter, complete 24-hour diet recall via telephone, height and weight measured, body composition, answer two surveys about perceptions of their school environment practices and diet patterns at school, wear accelerometers for 7 days

NCT Number	NCT06864468
Lead Sponsor	Northern Arizona University Collaborators: University of Arizona, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions	Obesity Prevention, School Wellness Policy
Enrollment	120 participants
Start Date	2025-08-26
Primary Completion	2027-05 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-05 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-11-20