NCT04072549Completed
Reducing Health Disparities in Childhood Obesity
Reducing Health Disparities in Childhood Obesity Using Financial Incentives in Low-income Households
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
In this study, we will address cost barriers to participating in summer programs and hypothesize this will lead to marked improvements in children's obesogenic behaviors and a reduction in excessive, unhealthy weight gain over summer.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 651 (actual)
- First submitted
- 26 Aug 2019
- Start date
- 26 Aug 2019
- Primary completion date
- 1 May 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of South Carolina
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04072549
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 651
- From 26 Aug 2019 to the primary completion date, 1 May 2024
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Down Syndrome Fragile X Fetal Alcohol and/or a physical disability, such as wheelchair use
Other
- The only exclusion criteria will be the diagnosis of an intellectual disability, such as:
- This decision was made because of the added resources required to evaluate these children, as well as the inability to sample enough of these children to adequately draw conclusions.
- No other exclusion criteria will be used.
Who the study is looking for
- 1st through 3rd grade students in the participating schools.
Age in the registry: 6 years to 10 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Beets Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbia | United States | Unknown status |
| University of South Carolina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbia | United States | Unknown status |
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