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BUILT Family Lifestyle Program for Children with ADHD

Description

The investigators have developed BUILT in hopes of empowering families to adopt and sustain healthy food, sleep, and exercise routines that optimize child focus, attention, and behavior. Over 6-weeks, the BUILT program will explore what science says about the effects of sleep, nutrition, and exercise on brain development and behavior; investigate the food, sleep, and exercise routines of the world's best athletes and intellectuals; and experiment with home routines to find those that best fits with participating families. It is hypothesized that families participating in BUILT (N=150) will show significant improvements in child health behaviors (sleep, nutrition, physical activity, recreational screen time), child mental health (ADHD symptoms \[primary outcome\], child functional impairment), child physical literacy, and family dynamics (cohesion, structure, communication) from baseline to posttest.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The investigators have developed BUILT in hopes of empowering families to adopt and sustain healthy food, sleep, and exercise routines that optimize child focus, attention, and behavior. Over 6-weeks, the BUILT program will explore what science says about the effects of sleep, nutrition, and exercise on brain development and behavior; investigate the food, sleep, and exercise routines of the world's best athletes and intellectuals; and experiment with home routines to find those that best fits with participating families. It is hypothesized that families participating in BUILT (N=150) will show significant improvements in child health behaviors (sleep, nutrition, physical activity, recreational screen time), child mental health (ADHD symptoms \[primary outcome\], child functional impairment), child physical literacy, and family dynamics (cohesion, structure, communication) from baseline to posttest.

BUILT Family Lifestyle Program for Children with ADHD

BUILT Family Lifestyle Program for Children with ADHD

Condition
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Boys and girls ages 6 to 12 years old
  • * Parent orientation session summarizing activities
  • * Child free of conditions that preclude aerobic activity
  • * Child enrolled in Chicago Park District programming
  • * Boys and girls \< 6 years old or \> 12 years old
  • * Parent does not participate in orientation session summarizing activities
  • * Child has conditions that preclude aerobic activity
  • * Child not enrolled in Chicago Park District programming

Ages Eligible for Study

6 Years to 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Illinois at Chicago,

Eduardo E Bustamante, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Illinois Chicago

Study Record Dates

2025-12