CompletedNot Applicable

The Impact of School-Based Intervention for 9-13-year-old School Children with Overweight and Obesity

United Arab Emirates403 participantsStarted 2021-08-27

Plain-language summary

Childhood obesity is a major issue for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Interventions modifying people's nutritional behavior and changing their dietary habits can potentially address this problem. This study assessed the effectiveness of the 6-month school-based nutritional educational intervention on fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, anthropometric measures, and practice, attitude, and self-efficacy measures.

Who can participate

Age range9 Years – 13 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * WHO BMI-for-age growth charts, Students with BMI from the 85th to the 95th percentile were categorized as "overweight," and those who were above the 95th percentile were categorized as "obese" * Attending Government school. * Within Grades 6-9. * Live in Dubai or Sharjah * Female and male students Exclusion Criteria: * Students with BMI below the 85th percentile for the WHO BMI-for-age growth charts. * Not attending a government school * Living in another emirate (not Dubai or Sharjah)

What they're measuring

Nutrition Knowledge and Self-Efficacy

Timeframe: 6 months

Nutrition Knowledge and Self-Efficacy

Timeframe: 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06671964

SponsorUnited Arab Emirates University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-03-19

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