Ready to eat cereal and weight loss in overweight children

Effect of ready to eat cereal intake in weight reduction, body composition and blood lipids profile in overweight Mexican children

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000025336

Enrollment

160

Registered

2008-01-17

Start date

2002-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The study objective was to determine if the increase of ready to eat cereal intake alone or with a nutrition education program is an effective strategy to reduce excess body weight and blood lipids in overweight and obese children.

Interventions

Children consumed for 12 weeks one of the following treatments: One serving (33g) of ready to eat cereal (RTEC) at breakfast; two servings of RTEC, one at breakfast and another serving at dinner; one serving RTEC and mothers received a nutrition education guidance which consisted of delivering orally and written general recommendations for a healthy eating during 12 sessions.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Years to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

BMI percentile >85% Enrolled one of the randomly selected primary schools Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

BMI percent < 85% Severe illness

Outcome results