Childhood obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity
Conditions
Interventions
The participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the "waiting list" control group.
Exercise sessions with children. 8 x 60 minute sessions involving fun
Sponsors
National University of Malaysia (University Kebangsaan Malaysia) (Malaysia)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Both males and females 2. Children and adolescents aged 6-13 years 3. No major chronic disease or disability 4. No obvious underlying pathological cause of obesity 5. Obese (Body mass index [BMI] above 95th percentile on US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] percentile charts) 6. Parents (at least one) and children willing to attend treatment sessions if randomly allocated to treatment group 7. Attending a mainstream school in the public sector
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-obese 2. Not attending a mainstream school 3. Serious chronic or acute illness 4. Not within age range 5. Not willing to attend treatment sessions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in BMI standard deviation score from baseline to 6 and 12 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes from baseline to 6 and 12 months in the following: 1. Health related quality of life, assessed by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL) 2. Objectively measured habitual physical activity and sedentary behaviour (accelerometry) 3. Changes in estimated fat and fat free mass (impedance) | — |
Countries
Malaysia
Outcome results
None listed