UM SOM: Division of Growth and Nutrition

Challenge!

Evaluation

Data collection for Challenge! began in July 2002 and ended in December 2006. At the baseline evaluation, 235 adolescents between the ages of 11-16 were enrolled. Information was collected from the teens and their primary caregivers at baseline, 6 months (post-intervention), and 18 months (1 year post-intervention).

Teen Assessments:

• Outcome Variables
  • Body composition
    • Measured Height and Weight (used to calculate BMI)
    • Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
    • DEXA
  • Physical Activity
    • Accelerometry
    • SAPAC
  • Diet
    • Youth/ Adolescent FFQ
• Intervening Variables
  • Demographics (gender, race, DOB, grade)
  • Maturity (tanner staging)
  • Self-Esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale)
  • Body Image/ Perception (Contour Drawing Scale)
  • Body Esteem (Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults)
  • Stages of Change
  • Parenting Style (Authoritative Parenting Index)
  • EATing Attitudes
  • Depression (Beck Depression Inventory)
  • Amherst Health and Activity Study-Student Version
    • Support for Physical Activity
    • Barriers and Enablers for PA
    • PA recall

Caregiver Assessments:

• Demographics (gender, race, DOB, SES)
• Body Composition
  • Measured Height and Weight (used to calculate BMI)
  • Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
• Self-Esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale)
• Body Image/ Perception (Contour Drawing Scale)
• Body Esteem (Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults)
• Parental Feeding Strategies (Child Feeding Questionnaire)
• EATing Attitudes
• Depression (Beck Depression Inventory)
• Food Security
• Retrospective Physical Activity Questionnaire
• Home Food Inventory
• Physical Activity (Accelerometry)

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