Trial reportBMC public health2016
Camp NERF: methods of a theory-based nutrition education recreation and fitness program aimed at preventing unhealthy weight gain in underserved elementary children during summer months.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02908230 (Camp NERF), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Camp NERF: Methods of a Theory-Based Nutrition Education Recreation and Fitness Program Aimed at Preventing Unhealthy Weight Gain in Underserved Elementary Children During Summer Months
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for the prevention of weight gain during festive and holiday periods in children and adults: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of free summer day camp on physical activity behaviors and screentime of elementary-age children from low-income households: a randomized clinical trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- The Cost Effectiveness of a Free Summer Day Camp Voucher Program to Prevent Summer Weight Gain Among Children From Disadvantaged Households.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Trial
- Testing the effect of summer camp on excess summer weight gain in youth from low-income households: a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Participation in structured programming may prevent unhealthy weight gain during the summer in school-aged children from low-income neighbourhoods: feasibility, fidelity and preliminary efficacy findings from the Camp NERF study.Public health nutrition · 2019Trial
- First year physical activity findings from turn up the HEAT (Healthy Eating and Activity Time) in summer day camps.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Differences in children's food and beverage consumption between school and summer: three-year findings from the what's UP (Undermining Prevention) with summer observational cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Leveraging seasonality and timing to optimize pediatric weight management interventions: Novel directions for future research.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- The need for synergy between biological and behavioral approaches to address accelerated weight gain during the summer in children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
- Observational
- The State of the Summer: a Review of Child Summer Weight Gain and Efforts to Prevent It.Current obesity reports · 2018Review
- Feasibility and acceptability of technology-based caregiver engagement strategies delivered in a summertime childhood obesity prevention intervention: results from an internal pilot of the Camp NERF (Nutrition, Education, Recreation, and Fitness) study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe number of obese children in the US remains high, which is problematic due to the mental, physical, and academic effects of obesity on child health. Data indicate that school-age children, particularly underserved children, experience unhealthy gains in BMI at a rate nearly twice as fast during the summer months. Few efforts have been directed at implementing evidence-based programming to prevent excess weight gain during the summer recess.
methodsCamp NERF is an 8-week, multi-component (nutrition, physical activity, and mental health), theory-based program for underserved school-age children in grades Kindergarten - 5th coupled with the USDA Summer Food Service Program. Twelve eligible elementary school sites will be randomized to one of the three programming groups: 1) Active Control (non-nutrition, physical activity, or mental health); 2) Standard Care (nutrition and physical activity); or 3) Enhanced Care (nutrition, physical activity, and mental health) programming. Anthropometric, behavioral, and psychosocial data will be collected from child-caregiver dyads pre- and post-intervention. Site-specific characteristics and process evaluation measures will also be collected. DISCUSSION: This is the first, evidence-based intervention to address the issue of weight gain during the summer months among underserved, school-aged children. Results from this study will provide researchers, practitioners, and public health professionals with insight on evidence-based programming to aid in childhood obesity prevention during this particular window of risk.
trial registrationNCT02908230/09-19-2016.
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