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Anthropometric Assessment of Abdominal Obesity and Health Risk in Children and Adolescents

NCT01595100 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 423

Last updated 2016-02-08

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Summary

Childhood obesity is a major public health issue, and the identification of children who are at increased risk of health problems due to their obesity is a priority for modern health care. Abdominal fat is considered to be the most harmful in the body, and the development of reliable landmarks and procedures for the assessment of intra-abdominal visceral adipose tissue and total body fat in children will have a major impact on 1) the early identification of children at elevated health risk, 2) the proper prioritization of health care resources, and 3) the standardization of obesity surveillance procedures within and between countries.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter T Katzmarzyk, PhD · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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