Transdisciplinary Program Against Childhood Obesity

NCT02453269 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: TRANS 123
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 7
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of a 1-year transdisciplinary program against childhood obesity.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity

Keywords

Obesity; Children; Health Colective

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (10)

• Height (cm) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Body mass (kg) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Body mass index (kg/m2) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Waist circumference (cm) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Waist circunference/height ratio (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Body fat percentage (%) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Fat body mass (kg) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Lean body mass (kg) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Abdominal strength (repetition) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

• Flexibility (cm) (outcome)

  Participants were followed for the duration of one year

Study Arms (2)

Transdisciplinary program

EXPERIMENTAL

Children in G1 were submitted to a transdisciplinary intervention once a week. Each child received a nutritional education kit including four games ("Cool Diet", a board game, a memory game and a word search puzzle) and an interactive booklet containing).

Behavioral: Transdisciplinary program

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The children in the control group (G2) were not exposed to interventions.

Interventions

Transdisciplinary program BEHAVIORAL

Transdisciplinary program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• To be eligible for the study, children should
• be overweight or obese in accordance with the definition given above6,
• be considered healthy by a physician after undergoing a clinical examination,
• attend the transdisciplinary intervention sessions once a week (minimum attendance required: 90%)
• be authorized to participate by their parents or caretakers.
• The children in the control group were not submitted to the intervention and were not participating in any other program involving obesity control or supervised physical activity.
• All children (G1+G2) were instructed to maintain their habitual level of physical activity and attend the school's regular physical education classes.
• The latter were scheduled twice a month during the first term and four times a month during the second.
• The decision to increase the frequency was made by the school's director in acknowledgment of the importance of physical activity, but the change affected the two groups equally.

You may not qualify if:

• Children were ineligible if they had chronic diseases (defined as diseases requiring continuous therapy), mental disorders or cognitive impairments which might interfere with communication, or used a pacemaker, or declined participation.
• Children in G1 missing more than 10% of the total intervention sessions were excluded from the sample.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fortaleza University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Carminda Maria Goersch Fontenele Lamboglia

Fortaleza, Ceará, 60.811-905, Brazil

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Outcome of a 1-year transdisciplinary program against childhood obesity

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 13, 2015
• First Posted: May 25, 2015
• Study Start: May 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2014
• Study Completion: November 1, 2014
• Last Updated: May 25, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-05

Locations

BR (1)