Factors associated with pediatric obesity and quality of life from early childhood Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Conditions
Interventions
SANTBOISA is a cohort study carried out in the municipality of Sant Boi de Llobregat. All 3- to 8-year-old students enrolled in the participating schools will be invited. The recruitment process and d
Sponsors
Sant Boi de Llobregat Council
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children aged 3–8 years (I3, I4 and I5 of early childhood education and 1st, 2nd and 3rd of primary education) who were enrolled in a participating school in Sant Boi de Llobregat 2. Positive, informed consent signed by parents/legal guardians
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children without parental or legal authorization 2. Each case with an intellectual disability was evaluated with the corresponding teachers and parents or legal guardians before exclusion 3. Children who don’t feel comfortable participating in the study when the research team will be in the school carrying out the measurements
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
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| Measured at baseline and each follow-up every 3 years until adulthood. In the case of the quality of life variable, from the age of 9 years onwards, this variable will be collected through the same questionnaire, but it will be the children who will complete it. 1. Weight status: measured through weight (kg), height (m) and waist circumference (cm). Weight and height will be used to calculate the BMI (kg/m²) and zBMI. Weight and height will be collected with light clothing and without shoes. For waist circumference measurement, the participant will be asked to lift the t-shirt while being measured. The SECA 899 scale will be used to measure weight, with a 100 g precision. Height will be measured with the SECA 217 portable stadiometer to the nearest 1 mm. Waist circumference will be measured with the tape SECA 201 to the nearest 1 mm. All measurements will be performed by trained field researchers and ensure children's comfortability 2. Quality of life recorded using the 11-item KIDSCREEN10 questionnaire. Children's families will ask this scientifically validated questionnaire that includes 10 items about physical, psychological and social well-being. The 11th item corresponds to an overall question about children's health status. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following children and adult variables will be collected through different questionnaires and this will be reported by the families at baseline and each follow-up every 3 years until the child’s adulthood. After 9 years of age, the children's variables will be collected through the same questionnaires, but they will be the children to complete them. 1. Children: 1.1. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet will be recorded by the 16 items of the KIDMED index questionnaire that enable a dichotomous answer (yes/no). 1.2. Physical activity will be assessed by the child's Physical Activity Unit - 7 items Screener (PAU-7S). An accelerometer (ActiGraph wGT3X-BT) will be worn during 9 days by a randomly selected 10% of the sample, to objectively measure physical activity and sleep data with the purpose of validating the questionnaire within 3-8-year-old children. This questionnaire was originally validated for children and adolescents aged 8-16 by our research group and the validation study is published elsewhere. The questionnaire collects the minutes of physical activity performed by the children during the week. 1.3. Sedentary behavior will be evaluated by the four-item Screen-time Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SSBQ). This questionnaire asks about the daily minutes of use of TV, computer/tablet, video games and smartphone during weekdays and weekends. 1.4. Sleep hours measured using four questions from the Sleep Survey for Adolescents questionnaire (SHSA). The questionnaire asks about the most common time to go to sleep and wake up on weekdays and weekend days in order to obtain total hours of sleep. 1.5. Additional indicators: gender, birth date, birth weight, birth country, number of years living in Spain, home address, number of adults (older than 18 years old) and children (minor than 18 years old) living in the household and breastfeeding. Additionally, they will be asked about the number of family meals per week and the weekly frequency of family physical ac | — |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Public ContactSilvia Torres Escurriola
Outcome results
None listed