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Register: REBEC
Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
Main ID:  RBR-2xx2z4
Date of registration: 14/08/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Public title: Effect of an intervention program for nutrition education and physical activity in the prevention of obesity in schoolchildren
Scientific title: Effect of an intervention program with nutrition education and physical activity in the prevention of obesity in school children: a randomized controlled trial
Date of first enrolment: 10/03/2013
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-2xx2z4
Study type:  Intervention
Study design:  Preventive clinical trial, randomized controlled, parallel, open, two arms  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name: Roberta Roggia   Friedrich
Address:  Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600 90035-003 Porto Alegre Brazil
Telephone: +55 (51) 8141 5478
Email: robertaroggiafriedrich@hotmail.com
Affiliation:  Porgrama de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Name: Ilaine    Schuch
Address:  Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2400 - 4° andar 90035-003 Porto Alegre Brazil
Telephone: +55 (51) 93319636
Email: ischuch@uol.com.br
Affiliation:  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Students of both sexes, who are regularly enrolled and regulars from first to fourth year of elementary school in the afternoon of the schools in the city of Porto Alegre-RS.
Exclusion criteria: Students with disabilities to perform the anthropometric measures and special needs . In addition to the students who did not agree to undergo anthropometric measures and participation in the intervention program .

Age minimum: 5Y
Age maximum: 13Y
Gender: -
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obesity, Pediatric Obesity
C18.654.726.500.720
Intervention(s)
Intervention group: 250 students from first to fourth grade of elementary school ( totaling six school) will receive an intervention program with nutrition education and physical activity. In schools in the intervention group, the program execution will be held twice a month , in the afternoon , lasting 50 minutes during a school year. Intervention with an active nutrition education program will be implemented by promoting healthy eating through playful practice . The physical activity intervention will be addressed through the Developmental Physical Activity through play . Control group : 250 students from first to fourth grade of elementary school ( totaling six school) , follow with the regular activities of the schools, without any intervention.
N02.370
I02.233.332
I02.233.543
SP6.026
Other
Primary Outcome(s)
It is expected a difference of means 0.45 ( kg / m² ) in body mass index between the intervention and control groups .
Secondary Outcome(s)
We expect a modification of the prevalence of obesity , waist circumference , body fat percentage , blood pressure level , dietary habits and level of physical activity between groups.
For the assessment of nutritional status will use the Body Mass Index (BMI), with cutoff points based on Z-score for age and sex, recommended by the Ministry of Health (Brazil), which adopts the criteria used by the World Health Organization circumference waist is obtained using an inelastic tape placed in the umbilicus. The percentage of body fat will be measured by bioelectrical impedance method. The measurement of blood pressure follow the recommendations of the VI Brazilian Guidelines on Hypertension Arterial.O level of physical activity and food consumption will be evaluated through a questionnaire.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Programa de pós-graduação em saúde da criança e do adolescente da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Programa de pós-graduação em saúde da criança e do adolescente da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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