WHAT FOOD CHILDREN PREFER TO EAT AND TO ALSO FIND OUT PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN CHILDREN BETWEEN 6-12 YEARS IN PUDUCHERRY SCHOOLS
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/01/017112
- Lead Sponsor
- MAHATMAGANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1)All children aged 6 to 12 years studying 1st- 6th grade in Puducherry.
Exclusion Criteria
1)Any child with acute sickness on the day of the visit.
2)Children who are wheel chair bound and children having deformities.
3)Children with known chronic diseases and obvious congenital anomalies/ syndromes.
4)Parents/ children who refuse to give consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school going children 6- 12 years of age. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: From the beginning till the end
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To find out the food preferences among children aged 6- 12 years of age. <br/ ><br>To find out if there is a correlation between unhealthy food preferences and obesity in children aged 6- 12 years. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: From the beginning till the end of study