A National School-based Health Lifestyles Interventions Among Chinese Children and Adolescents Against Obesity

Summary

The study was designed as a national multi-centered cluster randomized controlled trial involving more than 70,000 children and adolescents aged 7-18 years from 7 provinces in China. In each center, about 12-16 primary and secondary schools, with totally at least 10000 participants were randomly selected (Primary: Secondary=1:1). All of the selected schools were randomly allocated to either intervention or control group (Intervention: Control=1:1).The multi-components school-based and family-involved scheme was conducted within the intervention group for 9 month, while students in the control group followed their usual health practice. The intervention consisted of four components: a) Create supportive school and family environment, b) Health lifestyles education and related compulsory physical activities, c) Instruct and promote school physical education, d) Self-monitor obesity related behaviors. Four types of outcomes including anthropometric, behavioral, blood chemical and physical fitness were measured to assess the effectiveness of the intervention program.

Conditions

• Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The Health Lifestyles Interventions

1. Creating supportive school and family environment, whole intervention periods; 2. Health lifestyles educational strategies, 30min/week for education lessons and six times education activities; 3. Instruct and promote school physical education, whole intervention periods; 4. The monitoring and instruction of obesity related behaviors, once a week for physical activity and dietary behavioral log and once a month for parental monitor

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Peking University

  collaborator OTHER

• Central South University

  collaborator OTHER

• Tianjin Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention

  collaborator OTHER

• Chongqing Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• Ningxia Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• Sun Yat-sen University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jun MA, M.D · Peking University

• Jiayou LUO, M.D · Central South University

• Xin ZHANG, M.D · Tianjin Medical University

• Chunyan LUO, M.D · Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Shanghai Institutes of Preventive Medicine

• Hong WANG, M.D · Chongqing Medical University

• Haiping ZHAO, M.D · Ningxia Medical University

• Dehong PAN, M.D · Liaoning Health Supervision Bureau

• Jin JING, M.D · Sun Yat-sen University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

7 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-09-30

Primary Completion

2014-06-30

Completion

2015-01-31