NCT02343588

A National School-based Health Lifestyles Interventions Among Chinese Children and Adolescents Against Obesity

Development and Application of Appropriate Technology for Obesity Prevention and Control in Seven Centers in China

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study was designed as a national multi-centered cluster randomized controlled trial involving more than 70,000 children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from 7 provinces in China. In each center, about 12-16 primary and secondary schools, with totally at least 10000 participants were randomly selected (Primary: Secondary=1:1). All of the selected schools were randomly allocated to either intervention or control group (Intervention: Control=1:1).The multi-components school-based and family-involved scheme was conducted within the intervention group for 9 month, while students in the control group followed their usual health practice. The intervention consisted of four components: a) Create supportive school and family environment, b) Health lifestyles education and related compulsory physical activities, c) Instruct and promote school physical education, d) Self-monitor obesity related behaviors. Four types of outcomes including anthropometric, behavioral, blood chemical and physical fitness were measured to assess the effectiveness of the intervention program.

Conditions

• Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The Health Lifestyles Interventions	1. Creating supportive school and family environment, whole intervention periods; 2. Health lifestyles educational strategies, 30min/week for education lessons and six times education activities; 3. Instruct and promote school physical education, whole intervention periods; 4. The monitoring and instruction of obesity related behaviors, once a week for physical activity and dietary behavioral log and once a month for parental monitor

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2015-01-22
• Last updated: 2015-01-26