Effectiveness of School-Based Weight Management Program in Overweight and Obese Children Between 8-11 Years

Childhood Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of School-Based Weight Management Program in Overweight and Obese Children Between 8-11 Years

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04459130
• Other study ID #: 2020-196
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 20, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: Karabuk University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 66
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 20, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 11 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child Obesity
• Childhood Obesity
• Obesity
• Overweight
• Pediatric Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Child Obesity Program
The program consists of 10 sessions, each lasting 40 minutes. An EOP booklet containing session programs will be distributed to children. The topics of the sessions are as follows: Session 1: Healthy lifestyles Session 2: Self-esteem and positive thinking, Setting goals Session 3: Stress and Coping, Coping with Emotions in Healthy Ways Session 4: Personality and effective communication Session 5: Activity: Time for action Session 6: Nutrition basics Session 7: Reading tags Session 8: Portion size, nutrition and healthy food choices in schools Session 9: Snacks can also be healthy: Healthy choices Session 10: Together for a healthy life (Melnyk et al., 2006; 2007; 2009). Detailed information about the sessions is given in annex -3.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Karabuk University	Karabük

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karabuk University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	BKI,	Up to 1 year BKI reduction expected at the end of the program	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Primary	Subcutaneous adipose tissue	Up to 1 year BKI reduction expected at the end of the program	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary	number of steps	An increase is expected at the end of the follow-up.	through study completion, an average of 1 year