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 yet recruiting

• Conditions: Healthy school Children between 6 to 12 years

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/01/017112
• Lead Sponsor: MAHATMAGANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Brief Summary

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in developing countries.It often leads to adult obesity and cardiovascular complications. The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk. Unhealthy food practices are one of the important contributing factors for the rising prevalence of obesity apart from sedentary lifestyle and other factors. Food preferences in early life determine the health during adulthood.With the advent of telecommunication and the influence of mass media food preferences in children is becoming biased. Advertisements are known to influence food choices of children. There is a paucity of studies on obesity and food preferences in 6- 12 year age group in India. Also, studies on food preference during childhood and comparison of food preferences among obese and non-obese children are lacking. A focus on early childhood feeding is a foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing. Hence there is a necessity to study the food preferences among children for us to devise interventional measures directed at prevention of obesity in the coming days.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-14
• Study Start: 2019-01-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 720

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.	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.	To find out if there is a correlation between unhealthy food preferences and obesity in children aged 6- 12 years.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Urban and rural schools of pondicherry; 🇮🇳 Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India

Urban and rural schools of pondicherry

🇮🇳Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India

APEKSHA ANAND

Principal investigator

9844296326

apeksha.anand20@gmail.com