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Evaluating the Efficacy of the Feeding Exercise Trial in Adolescents (FETA Project) in Central Greece

NCT02653508 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 181

Last updated 2016-01-12

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Summary

The Feeding-Exercise Trial in Adolescents (FETA) was a randomised controlled intervention study designed to promote healthy weight in overweigh and obese adolescents through a professional-delivered, community-based program with active parents' involvement, focused on supervised physical activity and structured nutritional education. The aim of FETA was to test the efficacy of two intervention groups- physical activity in isolation and combination of physical activity with provision of dietary information- for improving overweight and obesity in adolescents. Our primary hypothesis was that a combined program would be more efficacious than activity in isolation and that activity alone would also be effective compared to control group in improving adiposity profiles in overweight and obese adolescents as well as family activity and feeding habits.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Diet and Activity

During all the following meetings, before the initiation of the training sessions, 10 to 15 minutes were devoted to an interactive discussion with participants on food pyramid, food choices, food labels, food preparation and cooking, eating habits, regular meals, controlling environments that stimulate overeating. All adolescents participated in a three-day per week training programme (45 minutes per training session). Many activities were delivered as games in order to encourage enthusiasm and participation. Endurance type activities accounted for most of the time spent in training (about 50% team sports and 50% running games), with attention to coordination and flexibility skills.

BEHAVIORAL

Activity

All adolescents participated in a three-day per week training programme (45 minutes per training session). Training was directed by a professional teacher of physical education in a public training centre. The training program was designed according to the type and intensity of exercise that school children normally perform. Many activities were delivered as games in order to encourage enthusiasm and participation. Endurance type activities accounted for most of the time spent in training (about 50% team sports and 50% running games), with attention to coordination and flexibility skills. In order to encourage adolescents' behaviour change, they were instructed to add an extra 30-45 minutes of walking or other sport activity of their preference at least once a week and to reduce inactivity

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Thessaly

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Professor · Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology Medical School - University of Thessaly

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2014-09-30

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