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Effects of Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Risk Markers in School-Aged Mexican Children

NCT00836446 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 214

Last updated 2009-03-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Childhood obesity is a public health problem; in Mexican children a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors are present. Physical activity has been proposed as a strategy to reduce this risk. We conducted a pre-posttest intervention study of 214 school-aged Mexican children (4th to 6th grade), to assess the effects of two physical activity routines with different duration and intensity (40 minute aerobic routine vs. 20 minute routine) on cardiovascular risk markers. Physical activity routines were assigned randomly to two public schools in Toluca, Mexico (20 min: group 1 (n= 117), 40 min: group 2 (n=97)). The routines were implemented Monday through Friday for 12 weeks. Nutrition assessment was done before and after the intervention and included anthropometric measurements (weight, height, body mass index, waist circumference and body composition), blood pressure and biochemical analysis (triglycerides, total cholesterol LDL-cholesterol, HDL-Cholesterol, glucose and insulin). Heart rate was monitored 3 times during the intervention to evaluate the routine´s intensity.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

physical activity

physical activity routines 5 times a weeks for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico

    collaborator OTHER

  • Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Otilia Perichart-Perera, M.S, RD · Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espionosa de los Reyes

  • Felipe Vadillo-Ortega, PhD · Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espionosa de los Reyes

  • Margie Balas-Nakash, B.S · Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espionosa de los Reyes

  • Roxana Valdes-Ramos, D.Sc · Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. Facultad de Medicina

  • Alejandra D Benitez-Arciniega, M.Ph · Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. Facultad de Medicina

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-11-30
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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