NCT04884451

Evaluation of a Stage-Based Tailored, Nutrition Education Package for Childhood Obesity (ST-NEPCO) (7-12 Years Old)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universiti Putra Malaysia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A randomized controlled trial will be used to determine the effectiveness of ST-NEPCO. The study will involve obese children aged 7 to 11 years old. Participants will be assigned randomly to either the intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive counselling from the researcher based on ST-NEPCO, meanwhile the control group will receive counseling from dietitians based on the routine care for the management of childhood obesity. The study will be conducted for duration of 24 weeks. The individual counseling session will be held once a month for each participant during the weekend.

Conditions

• Educational Materials (ST-NEPCO) During Nutrition Counselling for Obese Children

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Lifestyle modification	Diet and physical activity modification and behavioral approach

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-03
• Primary completion: 2021-11-01
• Completion: 2021-12-01
• First posted: 2021-05-13
• Last updated: 2021-05-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia