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Effect of Weight Reduction Program on Overweight and Obese Children

NCT02381002 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2015-03-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background: Obesity is associated with alterations in iron metabolism leading to iron deficiency.

Aim: to study the prevalence of obesity among primary school students, assess iron status among overweight/obese children with age ranging between 6 and 12 years and the effect of weight reduction program on iron status.

Patients and Methods: The study will be conducted on 2 groups. Group 1 will include 1025 primary school children recruited from 2 urban schools in Cairo with age ranging between 6 and 12. Anthropometric measures and prevalence of overweight/obesity will be assessed. Group 2 will include 100 obese children according to the CDC definition and 50 age and sex matched children with normal weight. All will be subjected to history taking, anthropometric measures, complete blood picture, iron profile and soluble transferrin receptor. Weight reduction program for 6 months will be done for obese children and all parameters will be re-ckecked.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

OTHER

Weight reduction program

Overweight and obese children (6-12 years old) from patient group accepting enrollment were assigned to weight reduction program for 6 months with monthly follow up. The program comprise: 1) Diet regimen: Healthy balanced diet was prescribed. The amount of calories was determined according to 24-hour recall then 250-500 calories were subtracted from total intake which decrease weight by 0.25-0.5 kg/week. 2) Exercise:were instructed to practice walking for at least 30 minutes 3-4 times per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ain Shams University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mohsen S Elalfy, PhD, MD · Pediatric department, Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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