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

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: Educational talk about physical activity and nutritional recommendations before a critical period of fat gain in university students

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04463407

BIOEPUCV-H145-2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants keep their normal routine without intervention.

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive a single nutritional intervention previous to a critical period.

Treatment:

Other: Educational talk about physical activity and nutritional recommendations before a critical period of fat gain in university students