Effects of Group Vs. Home-Based Combined Exercise-Diet Program In Childhood Obesity: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Cardenal Herrera University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: Circuit training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01503281

CEU-UCH-95

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of a hospital group-based vs. home-based combined exercise-diet program for the treatment of childhood obesity.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• caucasian
• overweight/obese

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with severe obesity (z-score above 2.5)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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110 participants in 3 patient groups

Hospital-based exercise program

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise monitored at the hospital

Treatment:

Other: Circuit training

Home-based exercise program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants perform exercise at home

Treatment:

Other: Circuit training

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control Group participants maintained their usual levels of daily activity, with no additional exercise components.