Obesity Prevention in Schoolchildren (CRECES)

Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02104973

2007-01-68854 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

2007-785-060

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to design, implement and evaluate an intervention oriented to change alimentary practices and patterns of physical activity of children through educative activities with parents, teachers and children in school of Mexico city.

Full description

In Mexico, obesity is becoming the most public health problem. The increase in body mass is associated with the changes in the alimentary environment, resources for physical activity in a context of poor health literacy of the population and low efficacy of the health system. Schools, as social settings, are a opportunity for obesity prevention.

The study includes three phases: 1) evaluation of training, in which the psychological context in which obesity is generated is evaluated. The evaluation will be performed by collection of qualitative and quantitative information, 2) design a strategy from the information obtained. The intervention will include working sessions with teachers, parents and children, establishment of schools in window counseling in nutrition and physical activity and the secretion of a website to not communicate with the public and Provide information, 3) evaluation of the strategy in a community trial with two groups of schools, one intervention and one control.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children students in selected schools
• Anthropometric diagnostic of normality or overweight
• Informed consent of parents

Exclusion criteria

• Children with special diet or children with limited motor functioning

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Lifestyle counseling

Experimental group

Description:

After obtaining the approval of schools and parents, will be established in schools, units in which individual attention is given to children, parents and teachers that request: the advice is aimed at training users on healthy diet and constant physical activity. Workshops with children, in which selected topics will be discussed based on the analysis of depth interviews with children, parents and teachers, and information on habits and resources gathered through questionnaires will be conducted. The intervention included the provision of information and feedback with the population through a website. The work will include participation in the selection of foods sold in schools.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care