Jumping to Health
Completed
- Conditions
- ObesityNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16804726
- Lead Sponsor
- International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), Argentina
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 508
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children in 4t hand 5th grade (aged 9-11 years)
2. Attending participating schools
3. Received parental consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children with severe intellectual difficulties
2. Children with limitations to engage in physical activity
3. Children suffering from illnesses compromising nutrition or food selection
4. Children taking medication known to affect body weight
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Anthropometric measures (weight, height, waist circumference and BMI Z-score) measured at baseline and at 18 months (end of follow-up)<br>1.1. Weight measured using an electronic scale to the nearest 0.1kg<br>1.2. Height measured with a wall-mounted stadiometer to the nearest 0.1cm<br>1.3. Waist circumference measured using an anthropometric tape to the nearest 0.1cm<br>1.4. BMI z-score calculated using the 2007 WHO reference growth charts<br>2. Dietary intake was measured using a modified and trans-culturally adapted version of the Child Nutrition Questionnaire at baseline and subsequently at 6, 12 and 18 months<br>3. Physical activity level (during school-breaks, after school, and during weekend) was assessed with the interviewer based part of a culturally adapted and modified version of the Child and Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey at baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dietary habits and attitudes, and level of engagement and attitudes towards physical activity measured using the self-report part of the Child Nutrition Questionnaire and the Child and Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey at baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months.