The Fun, Food, and Fitness Project (FFFP): The Baylor GEMS Pilot Study

The Girls health Enrichment Multisite Studies (GEMS) Fun, Food, and Fitness Project (FFFP) was designed to prevent obesity among 8-year-old African-American girls. Twelve-week, two-arm parallel group randomized controlled pilot study. Summer day camp and homes in Houston, Texas. Thirty-five girls and their parents or caregivers were randomly assigned to treatment (N=19) or control groups (N=16). Girls in the intervention group attended a special 4-week summer day camp, followed by a special 8-week home Internet intervention for the girls and their parents. Control group girls attended a different 4-week summer day camp, followed by a monthly home Internet intervention, neither of which components included the GEMS-FFFP enhancements. Body mass index (BMI), consumption of fruit, 100% fruit juice, and vegetables (FJV), physical activity. After adjusting for baseline BMI, there were no significant differences in BMI between treatment and control group girls, either at the end of the 4-week summer day camp, or after the full 12-week intervention. By the end of the summer camp, the subgroup of treatment group girls heavier at baseline exhibited a trend (P