Effectiveness of an intervention on diet and physical activity, aimed at controlling the increase in childhood obesity in public schools from three Chilean regions

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood obesity; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Obesity

• Registration Number: ISRCTN32136790
• Lead Sponsor: Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (Instituto de Nutrición y Técnologia de los Alimentos) (Chile)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 19 December 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1655

Inclusion Criteria

Children from public schools between the ages of 6 and 10 years, attending schools classed as high social vulnerability

Exclusion Criteria

Children with any heart related pathologies

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
utritional status: Overweight > 1 Z of BMI; Obese > 2 Z of BMI; Normal between -1 and 1 Z of BMI<br><br>Where Z score is calculated from the entire BMI distribution of the study participants. BMI is calculated by dividing the children weight (kg) by the height (m) squared. This outcome will be measured during March 2014

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Waist perimeter (>= to 90th percentile)<br>2. Body fat percentage (>= to 90th percentile)<br><br>This outcome will be measured during November 2014.