Food and nutrition education to reduce obesity among school-age children in Panama

Food and nutrition education against overweight and obesity in school-age children designing a public policy against malnutrition in school-age children in Panama

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN28920505

Enrollment

700

Registered

2019-03-29

Start date

2019-04-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-07-10

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Conditions

Malnutrition Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Malnutrition

Interventions

This is a quasi experimental, prospective and non-controlled study to develop and validate a comprehensive food and nutrition education against overweight and obesity among school-age children in Pana

intermediate evaluation (July 2019)

and final evaluation (Nov-Dec 2019). This is a non-controlled study because it is not ethical to carry out this type of studies that include benefits on the health of children, so a pre-post design

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Fourth to sixth grade (9-12 years old)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Nutritional status is measured at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks and using: 1.1. BMI-for-age z-scores (BAZ). 1.2. Waist circumference. 1.3. Percentage of body fat. 1.4. Proportion of overweight children. 1.5. Proportion of obese children. 2. Knowledge of, attitude to, perception of and behaviour regarding dietary practices is measured using a valid and reliable instrument with 51 items (14 of knowledge about the national food-based dietary guidelines, and 37 items for attitude, perception and behaviour regarding healthy dietary practices) at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Nutritional status is measured at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks and using: 1.1. BMI-for-age z-scores (BAZ). 1.2. Waist circumference. 1.3. Percentage of body fat. 1.4. Proportion of overweight children. 1.5. Proportion of obese children. 2. Knowledge of, attitude to, perception of and behaviour regarding dietary practices is measured using a valid and reliable instrument with 51 items (14 of knowledge about the national food-based dietary guidelines, and 37 items for attitude, perception and behaviour regarding healthy dietary practices) at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Dietary intake of micro and micronutrients is measured using a valid method of 24-hour recall, the analysis and interpretation will be based on the food composition table and dietary requirements for age and sex, both instruments of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP, for its acronyms in Spanish) at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks. 2. Household food insecurity is measured using the Latin America and the Caribbean food insecurity scale (ELCSA, for its acronyms in Spanish) (http://www.fao.org/3/a-i30651.pdf) at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks. 3. Dietary diversity is measured using the household and individual dietary diversity index (http://www.fao.org/3/a-i1983e.pdf) at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Dietary intake of micro and micronutrients is measured using a valid method of 24-hour recall, the analysis and interpretation will be based on the food composition table and dietary requirements for age and sex, both instruments of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP, for its acronyms in Spanish) at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks. 2. Household food insecurity is measured using the Latin America and the Caribbean food insecurity scale (ELCSA, for its acronyms in Spanish) (http://www.fao.org/3/a-i30651.pdf) at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks. 3. Dietary diversity is measured using the household and individual dietary diversity index (http://www.fao.org/3/a-i1983e.pdf) at baseline, 20 and 30 weeks.

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Countries

Panama

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026