Enhancing the Amount of Physical Activity Carried Out by Overweight Children at Leisure Time

NCT01534091 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: MeirMc02711CTIL
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 25
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if internet supervised by pedometer will contribute to enhance the amount of physical activity at leisure time by obese children. The investigators hypothesize that using pedometer will increase the amount of physical activity done by obese children in the afternoon and will improve the likelihood of success in the intervention program.

Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

overweight; obese; children; exercise; physical activity; pedometer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Decline in BMI percentiles

  BMI percentiles will be calculated at the beginning and in the end of the study

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Aerobic fitness

  3 months intervention

Study Arms (3)

Pedometer with supervision

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will get pedometers to evaluate their daily PA. The sport center stuff will review the child weekly reports, guide the child, encourage him and supervise that the recommended PA level is achieved.

Behavioral: Pedometer with supervision

Pedometer without supervision

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will get pedometers to evaluate their daily PA. The sport center stuff won't give any recommendation or supervision for PA level.

Behavioral: Pedometer without supervision

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Overweight \& obese children not participating in an intervention.

Interventions

Pedometer with supervision BEHAVIORAL

Also known as: exercise + diet + pedometer

Pedometer with supervision

Pedometer without supervision BEHAVIORAL

Also known as: exercise + diet + closed pedometer

Pedometer without supervision

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• overweight/obese children
• age 5-18
• boys and girls

You may not qualify if:

• children with genetic obesity or obesity cased by a disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Meir Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Meir Medical Center

Kfar Saba, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Overweight; Motor Activity

Interventions

Organization and Administration; Exercise; Diet

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Services Administration; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Dan Nemet, Prof. MD

  Meir Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 18, 2012
• First Posted: February 16, 2012
• Study Start: May 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2013
• Study Completion: December 1, 2013
• Last Updated: April 14, 2015

Record last verified: 2013-10

Locations

IL (1)