Increasing physical activity in obese childre

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Canada)0 个研究点目标入组 48 人开始时间: 2005年9月1日最近更新: 2015年1月13日

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•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.

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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Canada)