Effectiveness of an intervention on diet and physical activity, aimed at controlling the increase in childhood obesity in public schools from three Chilean regions

Effectiveness of an intervention on diet and physical activity, aimed at controlling the increase in childhood obesity in public schools from three Chilean regions: a interventional randomised and controlled cluster study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN32136790

Enrollment

1655

Registered

2014-09-05

Start date

2014-03-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-12-19

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Conditions

Childhood obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity

Interventions

Intervention: 1. Healthy kiosk and nutritional education: With regards to the nutritional education there will be 16 sessions of 90 minutes each covering the eating guidelines for the Chilean populati

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children from public schools between the ages of 6 and 10 years, attending schools classed as high social vulnerability

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children with any heart related pathologies

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Nutritional status: Overweight > 1 Z of BMI; Obese > 2 Z of BMI; Normal between -1 and 1 Z of BMI Where Z score is calculated from the entire BMI distribution of the study participants. BMI is calculated by dividing the children weight (kg) by the height (m) squared. This outcome will be measured during March 2014	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Waist perimeter (>= to 90th percentile) 2. Body fat percentage (>= to 90th percentile) This outcome will be measured during November 2014.	—

Countries

Chile

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 11, 2026