The Impact of School-Based Intervention for 9-13-year-old School Children with Overweight and Obesity: Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Anthropometry
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Overweight Children
- Sponsor
- United Arab Emirates University
- Enrollment
- 403
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Nutrition Knowledge and Self-Efficacy
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
Childhood obesity is a major issue for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Interventions modifying people's nutritional behavior and changing their dietary habits can potentially address this problem. This study assessed the effectiveness of the 6-month school-based nutritional educational intervention on fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, anthropometric measures, and practice, attitude, and self-efficacy measures.
Detailed Description
The problem of childhood obesity is a critical issue for the UAE. Findings of recent studies illustrate that nutritional interventions seeking to modify people's nutritional behavior and change their dietary habits have the potential to address this problem. This article reports the results of the study that was dedicated to the influence of the school-based nutritional educational intervention on fruit and vegetable intake, anthropometric measures, practice, attitude, self-efficacy, and knowledge scores of schoolchildren. The intervention was carried out among 9-13-year-old schoolchildren at public schools from Dubai and Sharjah (n=403). The sample included three groups, including the control group (n=114), Intervention Group 1 (n=148), and Intervention Group 2 (n=141). The control group was exposed to a conventional curriculum on healthy nutrition. Group 1 participated in the intervention involving children, and Group 2 participated in the intervention involving students, peers, and parents.
Investigators
Sara Zuarub
Principal Investigator
United Arab Emirates University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •WHO BMI-for-age growth charts, Students with BMI from the 85th to the 95th percentile were categorized as "overweight," and those who were above the 95th percentile were categorized as "obese"
- •Attending Government school.
- •Within Grades 6-
- •Live in Dubai or Sharjah
- •Female and male students
Exclusion Criteria
- •Students with BMI below the 85th percentile for the WHO BMI-for-age growth charts.
- •Not attending a government school
- •Living in another emirate (not Dubai or Sharjah)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Nutrition Knowledge and Self-Efficacy
Time Frame: 6 months
- Change in the percentage of children consuming at least five servings of fruits and vegetables and using a validated questionnaire(Arab Teens Lifestyle Questionnaire). The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and the IBM, USA computer software (version 29). Likert scales, were expressed as weighted mean ± SD. An independent t-test (parametric test) was used to analyze the effect of 2-level qualitative variables on quantitative variables, and one way ANOVA (parametric test) was used to analyze the effect of \>2-level qualitative variables on quantitative variables in each questionnaire section
Secondary Outcomes
- Anthropometric Data(6 months)