Effectiveness of School-Based Weight Management Program in Overweight and Obese Children Between 8-11 Years

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Child Obesity; Childhood Obesity

• Registration Number: NCT04459130
• Lead Sponsor: Karabuk University

Brief Summary

Obesity, which is an important public health problem of the last century globally, affects not only adults but also children and young people. Reducing childhood obesity requires effective lifestyle changes and behavioral interventions aimed at healthy nutrition, physical activity and stress management.

to reduce childhood obesity, including school-based multi-component behavioral research in Turkey it has not been demonstrated to parents.

The program, which is planned to be carried out and aims to reduce overweight and obesity in children, is a school-based parenting lifestyle intervention involving multiple behaviors. The program includes family visits, game-based physical activity activities with children, healthy eating recommendations and healthy eating activities with parent participation. The program planned to be implemented was developed to evaluate whether healthy preferences and lifestyle intervention reduce obesity. The aim of this study is to make the positive health behaviors permanent in children, to be a guide for combating childhood obesity and to be useful for future research. to be applied to the research, nutrition consists of 10 sessions, physical activity, including issues such as coping with healthy ways with stress Child Obesity Program (COP), it is thought to overcome this deficiency was needed in Turkey.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-11-20
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-20
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-07
• Study Completion: 2021-01-20
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2021-12-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

• Overweight or obese children aged 8-11

• Volunteers to participate in the research
• Students who are allowed to participate in the research by their parents

Exclusion Criteria

• Children with any physical or mental disability and chronic disease (diabetes, metabolic syndrome, heart disease... etc)

  • Children who have normal weight
  • Children who constantly use the drug that can affect weight management (weight gain and loss) The age group included in the study Piaget's development theory coincides with the concrete process period. Concrete

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
BKI,	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Up to 1 year BKI reduction expected at the end of the program
Subcutaneous adipose tissue	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Up to 1 year BKI reduction expected at the end of the program

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of steps	through study completion, an average of 1 year	An increase is expected at the end of the follow-up.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Karabuk University; 🇹🇷 Karabük, Turkey