Obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: The 6-month programme includes two one-hour sessions of an exercise programme per week. Each session includes 20-minute physical exercise to improve fitness, a 30-minute activity t
Sponsors
University of Extremadura (Spain)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children aged 8 to 12 years old 2. Obesity type I and II (Body Mass Index >= age and gender adjusted 95 percentile) 3. Capacity to walk for 10 minutes
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Diabetes type I 2. Hyperactivity 3. Morbid obesity 4. Contraindications to do exercise (biological or mental)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Level of physical activity (minutes per week) in sports and leisure time, assessed by a questionnaire at 12 months 2. Fitness tests (agility, hand-grip, jump test, velocity, endurance, flexibility, body composition, waist-hip index) at baseline and 3 months 3. Health care costs, assessed at baseline and 3 months 4. Health-related quality of life, measured using the EuroQol EQ-5D, EQ-5D (Child) and PedsQSl questionnaires at 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Nutritional intake (24 h recall), assessed at baseline and 3 months 2. Blood samples (cholesterol, glucose, Hb1Ac), assessed at baseline and 3 months | — |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed