Swiss Childhood Health and Nutrition Survey 2023

Childhood Obesity Clinical Trial

— CHildHNS23  

Official title:

Swiss Childhood Health and Nutrition Survey 2023

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05697367
• Other study ID #: CHildHNS23
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 29, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will repeat previous studies done in 2002, 2007 2012 and 2017/18, in order to monitor the trend in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6-12 year old children in Switzerland over the entire period. Furthermore, additional risk factors will be assessed for the later development of NCD using a questionnaire comparable to the one used in 2017/18.

Description:

A total of ca. 2500 children will be recruited throughout Switzerland and their height, weight, waist circumference as well as percentage body fat will be measured. In addition, children will be asked to complete a questionnaire on some aspects of their diet, physical activity, health and socioeconomic background. Data will be compared to previous surveys conducted since 2002 to monitor trends in overweight and obesity prevalence in Switzerland. The results from the questionnaire will be used to investigate risk factors for obesity and the later development of NCDs.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1245
• Est. completion date: February 29, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age between 6 and 12 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• none

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Childhood Obesity
• Pediatric Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	ETH Zurich	Zurich

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Isabelle Herter-Aeberli

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Age	Assessed using a questionnaire, reported by parents	baseline
Other	Sex	Assessed using a questionnaire	baseline
Primary	Prevalence of overweight and obesity	Based on weight and height measurements BMI-zscores will be calculated for the classification into the different weight status groups.	baseline
Secondary	waist circumference	waist circumference in cm	baseline
Secondary	percent body fat	percent body fat as calculated from 4 skinfold thickness measures	baseline
Secondary	physical activity	Assessed using a questionnaire as hours per week	baseline
Secondary	Nutrition	Assessed using a food frequency questionnaire (never to several times a week)	baseline
Secondary	General health	Assessed using a questionnaire	baseline
Secondary	Parental education	Assessed using a questionnaire on a 5 item scale ranging from obligatory schooling (lowest rating) to university degree (highest rating)	baseline
Secondary	Country of birth	Assessed in a questionnaire	baseline