Childhood Obesity, Child Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
childhood obesity, school based, obesity intervention
Brief summary
Obesity, which is an important public health problem of the last century globally, affects not only adults but also children and young people. Reducing childhood obesity requires effective lifestyle changes and behavioral interventions aimed at healthy nutrition, physical activity and stress management. to reduce childhood obesity, including school-based multi-component behavioral research in Turkey it has not been demonstrated to parents. The program, which is planned to be carried out and aims to reduce overweight and obesity in children, is a school-based parenting lifestyle intervention involving multiple behaviors. The program includes family visits, game-based physical activity activities with children, healthy eating recommendations and healthy eating activities with parent participation. The program planned to be implemented was developed to evaluate whether healthy preferences and lifestyle intervention reduce obesity. The aim of this study is to make the positive health behaviors permanent in children, to be a guide for combating childhood obesity and to be useful for future research. to be applied to the research, nutrition consists of 10 sessions, physical activity, including issues such as coping with healthy ways with stress Child Obesity Program (COP), it is thought to overcome this deficiency was needed in Turkey.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALChild Obesity Program
The program consists of 10 sessions, each lasting 40 minutes. An EOP booklet containing session programs will be distributed to children. The topics of the sessions are as follows: Session 1: Healthy lifestyles * Session 2: Self-esteem and positive thinking, Setting goals Session 3: Stress and Coping, Coping with Emotions in Healthy Ways Session 4: Personality and effective communication * Session 5: Activity: Time for action Session 6: Nutrition basics Session 7: Reading tags Session 8: Portion size, nutrition and healthy food choices in schools Session 9: Snacks can also be healthy: Healthy choices * Session 10: Together for a healthy life (Melnyk et al., 2006; 2007; 2009). Detailed information about the sessions is given in annex -3.
Sponsors
Karabuk University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
participants do not know they are in the experimental or control group
Intervention model description
Child Obesity Program (COP), The program consists of 10 sessions, each lasting 40 minutes. An EOP booklet containing session programs will be distributed to children.The research was determined as randomized controlled pretest-posttest control group design type.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 11 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
\- Overweight or obese children aged 8-11 * Volunteers to participate in the research * Students who are allowed to participate in the research by their parents
Exclusion criteria
* Children with any physical or mental disability and chronic disease (diabetes, metabolic syndrome, heart disease… etc) * Children who have normal weight * Children who constantly use the drug that can affect weight management (weight gain and loss) The age group included in the study Piaget's development theory coincides with the concrete process period. Concrete
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BKI, | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Up to 1 year BKI reduction expected at the end of the program |
| Subcutaneous adipose tissue | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Up to 1 year BKI reduction expected at the end of the program |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of steps | through study completion, an average of 1 year | An increase is expected at the end of the follow-up. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed