High Blood Pressure, Hypercholesterolemia, Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle
Conditions
Keywords
obesity, cholesterol, cholesterol, LDL, cholesterol, HDL, blood glucose, Triglyceride, C-Reactive Protein - hs, blood pressure, physical activity, Sedentary Lifestyle
Brief summary
This research project is about a physical activity intervention in pediatric outpatients to try control and prevent heart diseases such as hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol.
Detailed description
Control Group: receive information about health lifestyle Interventional Group: receive a structured plan with exercises to do 3 times per week within 50 minutes. It is a randomized clinical trial and population are children and adolescents.
Interventions
OTHERphysical exercise
150 minutes per week
Sponsors
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 6 to 17 years * obesity * high cholesterol
Exclusion criteria
* congenital heart diseases * less than 6 or more than 17 years old
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reduction on risk factors for a cardiovascular diseases (reduction on BMI, cholesterol, LDL, glucose, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, blood pressure and/or increase on HDL) | These measurement were taken at end of followup (27th week) | These measurement (taken at end of study) are assessed for a external research (blind for randomization) to judge the individual outcome. |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed