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My Body is Fit and Fabulous at School

NCT02212873 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 332

Last updated 2015-09-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In order to address and curb the high prevalence of childhood obesity in Malaysia, a school-based intervention program, MyBFF@school is developed for implementation in all schools in the country. The program is specific for overweight and obese students and it is hypothesized that by participating in this program, students will be able to control their body mass index.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

MyBFF@school program

Students will be required to participate in all 3 components of MyBFF@school (SSG, nutrition and psychology sessions) for 16 weeks under the supervision of trained researchers, then for another 16 weeks supervised by their respective teachers-in-charge of physical education and/or co-curriculum activity. Each SSG session will be for an hour, thrice weekly while the nutrition or psychology session will be for 30-45 minutes once a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health, Malaysia

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Principal Investigators

  • Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud, PhD · Institute for Medical Research, Ministry of Health Malaysia

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Malaysia

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