Assessment of an School-based Intervention in Eating Habits and Physical Activity in Schoolchildren: the AVall Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Food Habits; Physical Activity
• Interventions: Other: Educational program

• Registration Number: NCT01156805
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital de Granollers

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention on food habits and physical activity in school-age children.

Detailed Description

A two-year cluster-randomised prospective study with two parallel arms was used to evaluate an intervention programme in children in their first year of primary schooling (5-6 years of age) in schools in the city of Granollers. The intervention consisted of the promotion of healthy eating habits and physical activity by means of the educational methodology Investigation, Vision, Action and Change (IVAC). At the beginning and at the end of the study (2006 and 2008) the weight and height of each child was measured in situ, while the families were given a self-report physical activity questionnaire and the Krece Plus quick test.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09
• Primary Completion: 2008-09
• Study First Submitted: 2010-07-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-07-02
• Study First Posted: 2010-07-05
• Study Completion: 2012-09
• Status Verified: 2017-08
• Results First Submitted: 2017-08-11
• Results First Submitted QC: 2019-11-25
• Results First Posted: 2019-12-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 509

Inclusion Criteria

• Children born in 2000 who attended schools in Granollers City

Exclusion Criteria

• Schoolchildren who need special diet for metabolic or digestive disorder, physical activity incapacity, no family acceptance or attendance to school was discontinued

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Educational intervention, Control	Educational program	Experimental, intervention group has received specific educational training to improve food habits and physical activity during the period of the study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anthropometric Variables	every two years	BMI progression in the intervention and the control group. Secondary outcomes measured in this study were changes in eating habits and in physical activity.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Father's Height	every two years
Height	every two years
Mother's Height	every two years