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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN58144540
ISRCTN58144540
Completed
N/A

Increasing physical activity in obese childre

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Canada)0 sites48 target enrollmentSeptember 1, 2005

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Obesity
Sponsor
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Canada)
Enrollment
48
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 1, 2005
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Canada)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. 8 \- 12 year old children, either sex, who are overweight or obese defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) above the 85th BMI percentile for age and sex (CDC, 2002\)
  • 2\. Engaging in 15 hours of targeted sedentary behaviour per week, including TV/VCR/DVD use and video game playing
  • 3\. Engaging in less than 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity
  • 4\. No conditions that would limit physical activity
  • 5\. Agreement that the child or parent would not participate in any other exercise or weight control program during the course of the study
  • 6\. No regular participation in swimming or strength training because these activities cannot be measured properly by accelerometry
  • 7\. Willingness of the parents to enforce or maintain the contingencies or lack of as reflected by their assigned study group
  • 8\. Parent providing signed informed consent, and child providing signed informed assent

Exclusion Criteria

  • Children with developmental disabilities, who are often obese, will be excluded from participating in this initial trial in order to reduce the heterogeneity of the sample.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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