Trial reportBMC public health2020
Testing the effect of summer camp on excess summer weight gain in youth from low-income households: a randomized controlled trial.
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Testing the Feasibility and Preliminary Effect of Summer Day Camp on Excess Summer Weight Gain in Children From Low-income Communities
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- Health effects of children's summer holiday programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled 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
- Free summer programming on elementary-aged children's food and beverage consumption: 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
- Integrating technology-assisted behavioral management into a summer obesity prevention intervention program: a pilot controlled trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- 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
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- Patterns of participation in summer programming among United States' elementary children from low-income urban households: Results from the project SWEAT study.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Leveraging seasonality and timing to optimize pediatric weight management interventions: Novel directions for future research.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of structured programming and a parent intervention to mitigate accelerated summer BMI gain: a pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Seasonal variability in body mass index change among children enrolled in the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry: A step in the right direction.Pediatric obesity · 2023Article
- Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes: Overcoming Barriers to Effective Weight Management.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Review
- Healthy Summer Learners: An explanatory mixed methods study and process evaluation.Evaluation and program planning · 2022Article
- Design of a clinical trial to isolate the experience of food insecurity and elucidate the biological mechanisms of risk for childhood health outcomes.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- Feasibility & Preliminary Efficacy of Structured Programming and a Parent Intervention to Mitigate Accelerated Summer BMI Gain: A pilot study.Research square · 2022Article
- Comparison of Hospital Consultation and Summer Camp Lifestyle Intervention Programs for Sustained Body Weight Loss in Overweight/Obese Greek Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Immediate and Lasting Effects of Resident Summer Camp on Movement Behaviors Among Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Differences in the proportion of children meeting behavior guidelines between summer and school by socioeconomic status and race.Obesity science & practice · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildren from racial and ethnic minority groups, low-income households, and those with overweight or obesity gain more weight during the summer than the school year. Summer day camps, which offer routine opportunities for physical activity and regular meal and snack times, have potential to mitigate excess weight gain. This randomized controlled trial was done to determine the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of summer camp in preventing excess summer weight gain among youth from low-income households.
methodsChildren, ages 6 to 12 years, were randomized to attend 8-weeks of summer day camp (CAMP) or to experience an unstructured summer as usual (SAU) in 2017-2018. Primary feasibility outcomes included retention, engagement and completion of midsummer measures. Secondary outcomes included changes in BMIz, engagement in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior, and diet quality and energy intake from the school year to summer. Multivariable linear mixed models were used to assess group differences.
resultsNinety-four participants were randomized to CAMP (n = 46) or SAU (n = 48), of whom 93.0 and 91.6% completed end of school and end of summer assessments, respectively. While CAMP participants attended only 50% of camp days offered, on average, they lost - 0.03 BMIz units while those in SAU gained 0.07 BMIz units over the summer (b = 0.10; p = .02). Group differences in change in energy intake from the school year to summer were borderline significant, as energy intake remained relatively unchanged in CAMP participants but increased among participants in SAU (p = 0.07).
conclusionsRandomizing children to attend summer day camp or experience an unstructured summer as usual was effective in this low-income sample. Our findings support the potential for summer camps in mitigating excess summer weight gain. A larger randomized trial is needed explore efficacy, cost-effectiveness and longer-term effects of attending summer camp on weight and weight-related behaviors.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Registration: NCT04085965 (09/2019, retrospective registration).
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