Managing Adolescent Obesity at Local Level by Combining Primary and Secondary Intervention
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Intervention group
- Registration Number
- NCT02711488
- Lead Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University
- Brief Summary
The objective of the project is to develop, implement and evaluate a prevention program for obesity among adolescents in Brazil combining the primary care health system implemented in the country in recent decades with primary prevention at schools.
- Detailed Description
The study will combine primary prevention activities at the school level with secondary prevention at the household level, both focusing on behavior strategies such as mindfulness, reduction of eating rate; eating with others at a dinning table; healthy eating, increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary lifestyle habits.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3000
Inclusion Criteria
- Both prevention programs
- 5th and 6th grades students
- consent form signed by parents/tutors
- Secondary prevention program
- Overweight and obese children
Exclusion Criteria
- pregnant girls
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention group Intervention group Combine primary prevention activities at the school level with secondary prevention at the household level
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body Mass Index one year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body composition one year body composition will be estimated by bioelectrical impedance, using the leg=to=leg method with Tanita scales