Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of a Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Intervention on Obesity Prevalence in Schoolchildren
Lead Sponsor:
Patricia Celestina Ríos Mujica
Collaborating Sponsors:
PROCIENCIA, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Conditions:
Childhood Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Childhood obesity is a major global public health problem. Several strategies have been implemented to reduce the high prevalence, the most cost-effective of which were those that focused on the schoo...
Detailed Description
Nutritional education and physical activity. Interventions that promote healthy eating and lifelong physical activity in schoolchildren through school programs aim to equip children with knowledge, at...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Being public or private schools of the 22 districts of Caaguazú Department
- Having a minimum of 100 students in each of the three grades of second level of basic school education during 2017 school year
- Having physical education teachers
Exclusion
- Schools that had only one school shift
- Schools that expressed their refusal to participate
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
1568 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04905966
Start Date
June 1 2018
End Date
March 30 2019
Last Update
May 28 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Instituto Regional de Investigacion en Salud
Coronel Oviedo, Caaguazú Department, Paraguay, 00000