Interval Training and Cardio-metabolic Health in Overweight/Obese Girls

Association Tunisienne d'Etude & de Recherche sur l'Athérosclérose

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Exercise Overtraining; Enjoyment; Cardiometabolic Syndrome; Obesity

Treatments: Other: MIIT; Other: MIIT + HIIT; Other: Control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06538714

CERB 16/2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to compare the impact of 12-week moderate-intensity interval training (MIIT) versus combined MIIT with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on physical fitness, cardio metabolic, lipidomic, hematological and psychological characteristics in young overweight/obese girls.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 12 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female gender,
• Overweight or obese according to the BMI classification,
• Age, 12 to 15 years,
• Personal or parental/guardian written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Severe infectious or inflammatory diseases,
• Irregular menstrual cycles
• Participation in organized exercise training in the last 6 months or additional physical -
• recreational activities, except physical education classes.
• Using medications, hormone therapy or dietary supplements

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

---

45 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

MIIT

Experimental group

Description:

12-week supervised exercise program consisting of moderate -intensity interval training (MIIT)

Treatment:

Other: MIIT

MIIT+ HIIT

Active Comparator group

Description:

12-week supervised exercise program consisting of moderate-intensity interval training (MIIT) (6-week) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) (6-week).

Treatment:

Other: MIIT + HIIT

Control group No training

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Control group