Evaluation of a Stage-Based Tailored, Nutrition Education Package for Childhood Obesity (ST-NEPCO) (7-12 Years Old)

University of Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Educational Materials (ST-NEPCO) During Nutrition Counselling for Obese Children

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle modification

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04884451

JKEUPM-2019-375

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized controlled trial will be used to determine the effectiveness of ST-NEPCO. The study will involve obese children aged 7 to 11 years old. Participants will be assigned randomly to either the intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive counselling from the researcher based on ST-NEPCO, meanwhile the control group will receive counseling from dietitians based on the routine care for the management of childhood obesity. The study will be conducted for duration of 24 weeks. The individual counseling session will be held once a month for each participant during the weekend.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 7 to 11 years old
• Children classified as obese (>+2SD) based on BMI-for-age for 5 to 19 years old (WHO, 2007).

Exclusion criteria

• Children diagnosed with chronic asthma, diabetes mellitus, psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia, severe autism or mental retardation, or psychosis), or other serious medical conditions.
• Children receiving medications that can potentially promote weight gain or weight loss.
• Children participating in any weight management program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive nutritional counselling from the researcher based on Stage-Based, Nutrition Education Package for Childhood Obesity (ST-NEPCO). Nutritional advice and educational tools will be provided according to participants' stages of change.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle modification

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will receive counseling from dietitians based on the routine care for the management of childhood obesity.