Increasing physical activity in obese childre
- Conditions
- ObesityNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN58144540
- Lead Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Canada)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 48
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
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.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical activity, measured by pedometer counts.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Time in sedentary behaviour<br>2. Aerobic fitness (peak maximal oxygen consumption)<br>3. Body Mass Index (BMI)<br>4. Percent body fat (bioelectrical impedance and skinfold measurement)<br>5. Food intake and macronutrient composition<br>6. Motivation to be physically active (self-report)