Effect of a Single Nutritional Intervention Previous to a Critical Period of Fat Gain in University Students With Overweight and Obesity

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Efectividad de Una intervención Educativa Preventiva Previa a Vacaciones de Fiestas Patrias Sobre la composición Corporal, hábitos de alimentación y Niveles de Actividad física en Estudiantes Universitarios: Estudio Aleatorizado Controlado

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04463407
• Other study ID #: BIOEPUCV-H145-2017
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 28, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a single nutritional preventive session previous to a critical period linked to fat gain in university students with overweight and obesity, emulating a nutritional session of a public health system.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 27, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body mass index [BMI] =25 kg/m2

• Not having metal plates

• Not studying Nutrition and Dietetics or Physical Education

• Not being pregnant

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presente gastrointestinal problems (vomit or diarrheas) during the three weeks that last the experiment.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity

Intervention

Other:
• Educational talk about physical activity and nutritional recommendations before a critical period of fat gain in university students
An intervention was performed emulating a traditional nutritional session from a primary healthcare center (public health system). Traditionally, this session lasts around 20 minutes and includes a body composition measurement, nutritional assessment, and a brief educational talk about healthy eating. Just the intervention group received a series of healthy recommendations specially focused on the National Holiday.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Chile	School of Physical Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile	Valparaíso	Valparaiso

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Chile, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Body composition measurements	Changes on fat mass measured by DXA	3 weeks
Secondary	Feeding questionnaires and food guide recommendations	Changes on the Global Food Index	3 weeks
Secondary	Feeding questionnaires and food guide recommendations	Changes on the KIDMED index (questionnaire establishes the adherence to the Mediterranean diet)	3 weeks
Secondary	Feeding questionnaires and food guide recommendations	Changes on the Food Guide Recommendation	3 weeks
Secondary	Physical activity level	Modification on physical activity level measured by accelerometry	3 weeks