NCT04463407

Effect of a Single Nutritional Intervention Previous to a Critical Period of Fat Gain in University Students With Overweight and Obesity

Efectividad de Una intervención Educativa Preventiva Previa a Vacaciones de Fiestas Patrias Sobre la composición Corporal, hábitos de alimentación y Niveles de Actividad física en Estudiantes Universitarios: Estudio Aleatorizado Controlado

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a single nutritional preventive session previous to a critical period linked to fat gain in university students with overweight and obesity, emulating a nutritional session of a public health system.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Educational talk about physical activity and nutritional recommendations before a critical period of fat gain in university students	An intervention was performed emulating a traditional nutritional session from a primary healthcare center (public health system). Traditionally, this session lasts around 20 minutes and includes a body composition measurement, nutritional assessment, and a brief educational talk about healthy eating. Just the intervention group received a series of healthy recommendations specially focused on the National Holiday.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-28
• Primary completion: 2017-09-27
• Completion: 2017-09-28
• First posted: 2020-07-09
• Last updated: 2020-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Chile