Fitness, Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a recreational physical activity intervention for reducing the prevalence of overweight/obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors
Detailed description
A greater intensity of the intervention, and a longer weekly duration that extends until the weekend, could improve the efficiency in obesity.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPhisical activity intervention
The prevalence of overweight in chilean children in the among the highest in the world and increasing quickly. The investigators recently evaluated an after-school program of recreational physical activity to control overweight, obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors in primary school children Temuco. This program reduced adiposity and increased the fitness.
Sponsors
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
4 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* The parents of the children will be informed about the objectives and methods of the study, and will give their written consent to the participation of the children. Similarly, the study will introduce children from classroom to class and their oral consent will be obtained
Exclusion criteria
* Participating children will be free from serious learning difficulties, or physical or mental disorders, that could prevent participation in scheduled physical activities.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aerobic Capacity | 1 year | By using 20-m shuttle run test, which is validated to measure maximal aerobic capacity in children from 4 years. |
| Muscle Strength | 1 year | By using standing long jump test |
| Flexibility | 1 year | By using the sit and reach test |
| Speed-agility | 1 year | By using 4x10 meters shuttle run test |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health-related quality of life | 1 year | By using the instrument for assessing Health-Related Quality of Life for children and adolescents aged 4-17 years (KINDL), in its version validated in Spanish. The KINDLR questionnaire consists of 24 Likert-scaled items associated with six dimensions: physical well-being, emotional well-being, self-esteem, family, friends and everyday functioning (school or nursery school/kindergarten). The sub-scales of these six dimensions can be combined to produce a total score. the score ranges from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate better health-related quality of life. |
Countries
Chile
Contacts
Primary ContactAndrés Godoy, Prof.
Outcome results
None listed