Effects of Alternative Foods on Muscular and Fat Mass of childre
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- M01.060.406T73.0ChildEffects of hungerUnspecified protein-energy malnutrition.
- Registration Number
- RBR-72mvj5
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged 6 to 11 enrolled in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd years of elementary school of a public school in the city of Santa Maria - RS - Brazil, and who responded positively to the invitation (written and spoken) to participate in the study; children whose parents or guardians voluntarily signed the Informed Consent Term.
Exclusion Criteria
Children with a history of chronic-degenerative diseases (diabetes, liver or kidney disease); children with edema; children with soy allergy; children who attended classes less than 80% of the days used for intervention in phase II of the study; children who missed any of the nutritional assessments.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in fat-free mass of children(grams/30 days), as measured by electrical bioimpedance,after the nutritional intervention.;After the nutritional intervention, fat free mass increased from 250 to 620 grams / 30 days, and this increase was statistically significant (p <0.001).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes are not expected.;No secondary outcomes were observed.