NCT06295406

Reading Ability in Childhood Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istituto Auxologico Italiano · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 11 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

There is some evidence about the negative impact of overweight and obesity on reading ability, with negative consequences on quality of life and school success. In this neuropsychological research, the relationship between the characteristics of reading abilities in individuals with obesity (age range between 11 and 16 years) and the skills of motor coordination, postural stability, manual dexterity, including graphomotor skills, and estimation of time is investigated according to the cerebellar deficit theory.

Conditions

• Obesity, Childhood
• Obesity, Adolescent

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Neuropsychological assessment	Neuropsychological tests assessing reading abilities, skills of motor coordination, postural stability, manual dexterity, including graphomotor skills, and estimation of time will be performed

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-30
• Completion: 2024-12-30
• First posted: 2024-03-06
• Last updated: 2025-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy