Secondary hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Family members or adult family members, aged 20 and less than 60 years; Living in the same household as children aged 7 to 10 years that are enrolled in the municipal education network of Vitória de Santo Antão.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Family members who do not live in the same household as the child; Family members who have pathologies that may affect their nutritional status and/or food consumption, such as cancer; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; liver diseases; Pregnant women; family members who do not adhere to the food and nutrition education program or who give up during the course of the proposed intervention; Participants who are absent in more than twenty five percent of the meetings, that is, in more than 2 meetings
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The intervention is expected to result in an improvement in food consumption (increase in consumption of fresh foods and reduction in consumption of ultra-processed foods), nutritional status (reduction in weight, body mass index and body fat), and in cardiometabolic parameters (reduction in and control of glycemia, blood pressure, improvement of the lipid profile). In the area of ??knowledge, it is expected to provide information on cardiometabolic parameters, food consumption and nutritional status of family members of overweight/obese children; as well as the impact of carrying out a food and nutrition education program on the parameters evaluated. In the context of training human resources and scientific production, the participation of two undergraduate students, a master's student and a doctoral student with publications in high-impact international journals is expected. Furthermore, it is expected that the results of this project will serve as key points for further strengthening food, nutrition and health actions and programs, aimed at the real needs of the studied population. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is not expected secondary outcomes | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco