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A National School-based Health Lifestyles Interventions Among Chinese Children and Adolescents Against Obesity

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Pediatric Obesity
Interventions
Behavioral: The Health Lifestyles Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02343588
Lead Sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Brief Summary

The study was designed as a national multi-centered cluster randomized controlled trial involving more than 70,000 children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from 7 provinces in China. In each center, about 12-16 primary and secondary schools, with totally at least 10000 participants were randomly selected (Primary: Secondary=1:1). All of the selected schools were randomly allocated to either intervention or control group (Intervention: Control=1:1).The multi-components school-based and family-involved scheme was conducted within the intervention group for 9 month, while students in the control group followed their usual health practice. The intervention consisted of four components: a) Create supportive school and family environment, b) Health lifestyles education and related compulsory physical activities, c) Instruct and promote school physical education, d) Self-monitor obesity related behaviors. Four types of outcomes including anthropometric, behavioral, blood chemical and physical fitness were measured to assess the effectiveness of the intervention program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
70000
Inclusion Criteria

grade of 1 to 5 in primary schools and grade of 6 to 8 and 10 to 11 in secondary schools.

Exclusion Criteria

Suffering or any history of disabilities, cardiovascular diseases, asthma, metabolic diseases, etc.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
The Health Lifestyles InterventionsThe Health Lifestyles Interventions1. Creating a supportive school, family and community environment; 2. Health lifestyles educational strategies; 3. Instruct and promote school physical education; 4. The monitoring and instruction of obesity related behaviors (focus group)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in the prevalence of overweight and obesityBaseline, Month 9
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in physical activity and dietary behaviors (Dietary, sedentary or physical activity behaviors and their determents, as measured by validated questionnaires (parent, children and school version)Baseline, Month 9
Change in serum lipids and fasting glucose (fasting plasma glucose, fasting triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol)Baseline, Month 9
Change in physical fitness (standing-board jump, 50 meters speed run, 50 meters × 8 shuttle run (primary students) and run 800/1000 meters (secondary school students)Baseline, Month 9
Change in obesity related anthropometric measurements (waist circumference, hip circumference, blood pressure and skin fold thickness)Baseline, Month 9
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