Combining Primary and Secondary Prevention for Reduction of Excessive Weight Gain in School
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Eating behavior and physical activity change
- Registration Number
- NCT02034994
- Lead Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University
- Brief Summary
The main objective is to evaluate the effects of a multicomponent, school-based intervention combining change in nutritional behaviors with after school physical activity activities in reducing the excessive weight gain in schoolchildren.
- Detailed Description
Specific objectives are:
- evaluate the effect of the program on: change in nutritional behaviors, such as reducing sugar sweetened beverages and cookies intake reduction of time spent in sedentary activities gains in school performance and cognition outcomes the amount of daily physical activity on the percentage of body fat, changes in biochemical markers and blood pressure.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1200
Inclusion Criteria
Both prevention programs:
- 6th and 7th grades students
- consent form signed by parents / tutors
Secondary prevention program:
- overweight and obese children
Exclusion Criteria
- pregnant girls
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention group Eating behavior and physical activity change Reduction of sugar sweetened beverages. cookies, sedentary activities and increasing physical activity
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body Mass Index One Year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean lean and fatty body mass proportions: measured by portable electrical bioimpedance bean One year
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Public Schools
🇧🇷Niterói, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil