Clinical trial NCT02102763: Greek Childhood Obesity (GRECO) Study
Official title: Greek Childhood Obesity Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Overweight
Obesity
Dietary Habits
Physical Activity
Blood Pressure
Keywords: Overweight
Obesity
Dietary intake
Physical activity levels
Blood pressure levels
Family perceptions
Lead sponsor: Agricultural University of Athens
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: General Secretariat of Consumers-Greek Ministry of Development
name: Hellenic Association of Food and Beverage Companies
name: Coca Cola Hellas
name: Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
name: Cereal Partners Hellas
name: FAGE S.A.
name: Unilever Hellas
name: Nestle Hellas
name: Kraft Foods Hellas
name: European Union and Greek national funds - Research Funding Program: Heraclitus II.
First posted: 2014-04-03
Enrollment: 5000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: A nationwide cross-sectional sample of 10-12 years old Greek schoolchildren

Brief summary: The purpose of the GRECO study were to: a) to provide national data on overweight and obesity prevalence in a representative sample of primary schoolchildren aged 10-12 years old, b) to identify those socio-economic, demographic factors, as well as dietary and physical activity habits and familial characteristics that are associated with childhood and preadolescent overweight and obesity, c) to identify lifestyle and dietary patterns that are associated with elevated blood pressure levels and dietary sodium intake.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Within the age range
* 5th and 6th grade public schools children
* Consent form provided by the parents

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not providing signed parental consent forms
* Outside the required age range

Primary outcomes:
measure: Overweight and obesity prevalence in a representative sample of primary schoolchildren aged 10-12 years old
timeFrame: 8 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Dietary intake assessment
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Assessment of eating behaviors
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: Assessment of physical activity and inactivity levels
timeFrame: 8 months
Other outcomes:
measure: Blood pressure measurements
timeFrame: 8 months
Locations:
city: Athens
country: Greece
facility: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens
state: Attica
Study officials:
affiliation: Agricultural University of Athens
name: Paul Farajian, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Farajian P, Risvas G, Karasouli K, Pounis GD, Kastorini CM, Panagiotakos DB, Zampelas A. Very high childhood obesity prevalence and low adherence rates to the Mediterranean diet in Greek children: the GRECO study. Atherosclerosis. 2011 Aug;217(2):525-30. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.04.003. Epub 2011 Apr 13.
citation: Magriplis E, Farajian P, Pounis GD, Risvas G, Panagiotakos DB, Zampelas A. High sodium intake of children through 'hidden' food sources and its association with the Mediterranean diet: the GRECO study. J Hypertens. 2011 Jun;29(6):1069-76. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328345ef35.
citation: Farajian P, Panagiotakos DB, Risvas G, Karasouli K, Bountziouka V, Voutzourakis N, Zampelas A. Socio-economic and demographic determinants of childhood obesity prevalence in Greece: the GRECO (Greek Childhood Obesity) study. Public Health Nutr. 2013 Feb;16(2):240-7. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012002625. Epub 2012 May 25.
citation: Risvas G, Papaioannou I, Panagiotakos DB, Farajian P, Bountziouka V, Zampelas A. Perinatal and family factors associated with preadolescence overweight/obesity in Greece: the GRECO study. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2012 Sep;2(3):145-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.002. Epub 2012 Aug 18.