Prevention of obesity through Health education among school going children.

Obesity-risk reduction through structured school based Health education among English medium high school students: Stratified Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2017/05/008501

Enrollment

396

Registered

2017-05-05

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: Z00-Z99- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

Interventions

Intervention1: Health education: 40 minutes of Health education on improved physical activity and healthy diet. Control Intervention1: No Health education: Only Anthropometry and questionnaire

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Schools with strength of 8th standard students between 30-40.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Principals not permitting,parents not consenting and children not giving their assent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in knowledge, attitude and practice regarding obesity-risk reduction.Timepoint: 6 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Change in BMITimepoint: 18 months	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Avinash Shetty

Manipal University

murali.kulkarni@manipal.edu9844810917

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026