Evaluation of the Planet Nutrition Program on Obesity Parameters in Mexican Schoolchildren

Universidad de Sonora

Status

Completed

Conditions

Childhood Obesity

Treatments

Behavioral: Planet Nutrition program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04095910

PPN01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Obesity prevention programs in schools are essential to promoting healthy lifestyles. There are programs with positive effects on obesity parameters, but only a few of them have didactic material for its dissemination. In United States they have effective programs (with materials for their implementation) and some are already being implemented in different schools. In Mexico our study group has developed a program called "Planet Nutrition" that includes a manual.The main aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the program "Planet Nutrition"-a nutrition education and behaviour change program- on BMI Z score in school children compared to a control group at 9 weeks. This pilot stud is a randomized controlled trial. The study will be conducted with 41 participants. The primary outcome was the change in the BMI Z score from baseline to 9 weeks. Secondary outcomes were the changes from baseline to 9 weeks in body fat percentage, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, consumption of healthy and unhealthy food, physical activity and sedentary lifestyle, cardiorespiratory capacity and nutrition knowledge. Additionally BMI Z score will be measured at 23 weeks, after the summer vacations. Considering evidence that this period could have a negative impact on children´s weight.

Full description

Fifth grade students from a public elementary school in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico were invited to participate in the program. The nutritionist team of the study made the request face to face in the classrooms. A printed invitation was delivered to be given to schoolchildren parents, in addition to the informed consent and assent along with a data questionnaire. To be included children must be in fifth grade from the chosen school and be between 9 to 12 years old. The exclusion criteria were, having or develop a medical condition, taking medication or having an intervention that affects body weight, having a condition that prevents physical activity (cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular, osteoarticular, etc.) at baseline or during the study, and withdrawal of the consent informed

Enrollment

41 patients

Sex

All

Ages

9 to 12 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Fifth grade students of the chosen school.
Having 9 to 12 years old.

Exclusion criteria

Having a condition, taking medication or carrying out an intervention that affects body weight.
Condition that impede physical activity including cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular and bone condition.
Withdrawal of informed consent and assent.
Development of a health problem or taking medication with effect on body weight during the study.
Participate in another intervention or treatment for obesity management during the study.