Physical Training and Diet for Childhood Obesity

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity, Childhood

Treatments: Other: High-intensity aerobic training with high protein diet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04789525

Obesity

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is observed that children affected with COVID-19 who are physically inactive or in a sedentary lifestyle may induce and develop childhood obesity (CO). the management of this clinical condition has received very little attention, there is no well-defined exercise protocols or dietary prescription for this special population; therefore, it needs an elaborative trial in this field, so the aim of his study was to find the clinical and biochemical effects of high-intensity aerobic training with a high protein diet in childhood obesity following COVID-19 infection

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A positive diagnosis of COVID-19
• Male children
• 5 - 12 years of age Body mass index (BMI).
• Between 85t h to 99th percentiles were considered for childhood obesity.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with a history of physical training
• Taking medications, recent surgeries.
• Fractures and joint problems in the lower extremity.
• Cardiac and respiratory problems.
• Neurological issues, major psychiatric problems.
• Any other systemic diseases, contraindications for physical training.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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76 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A (high-intensity aerobic training with high protein diet )

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: High-intensity aerobic training with high protein diet

Group B(regular physical activities and taken regular diet)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: High-intensity aerobic training with high protein diet