Clinical trial NCT04459130: Effectiveness of School-Based Weight Management Program in Overweight and Obese Children Between 8-11 Years
Official title: Effectiveness of School-Based Weight Management Program in Overweight and Obese Children Between 8-11 Years
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Childhood Obesity
Child Obesity
Keywords: childhood obesity
school based
obesity intervention
Lead sponsor: Karabuk University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-07-07
Enrollment: 66
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 11
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Child Obesity Program (COP), The program consists of 10 sessions, each lasting 40 minutes. An EOP booklet containing session programs will be distributed to children.The research was determined as randomized controlled pretest-posttest control group design type.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Obesity, which is an important public health problem of the last century globally, affects not only adults but also children and young people. Reducing childhood obesity requires effective lifestyle changes and behavioral interventions aimed at healthy nutrition, physical activity and stress management.

to reduce childhood obesity, including school-based multi-component behavioral research in Turkey it has not been demonstrated to parents.

The program, which is planned to be carried out and aims to reduce overweight and obesity in children, is a school-based parenting lifestyle intervention involving multiple behaviors. The program includes family visits, game-based physical activity activities with children, healthy eating recommendations and healthy eating activities with parent participation. The program planned to be implemented was developed to evaluate whether healthy preferences and lifestyle intervention reduce obesity. The aim of this study is to make the positive health behaviors permanent in children, to be a guide for combating childhood obesity and to be useful for future research. to be applied to the research, nutrition consists of 10 sessions, physical activity, including issues such as coping with healthy ways with stress Child Obesity Program (COP), it is thought to overcome this deficiency was needed in Turkey.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- Overweight or obese children aged 8-11

* Volunteers to participate in the research
* Students who are allowed to participate in the research by their parents

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children with any physical or mental disability and chronic disease (diabetes, metabolic syndrome, heart disease... etc)

  * Children who have normal weight
  * Children who constantly use the drug that can affect weight management (weight gain and loss) The age group included in the study Piaget's development theory coincides with the concrete process period. Concrete

Primary outcomes:
measure: BKI,
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Subcutaneous adipose tissue
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: number of steps
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Karabük
country: Turkey
facility: Karabuk University
Study officials:
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