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Anthropometric Changes Associated With Home-based Exercise Among School Cooks

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Rio de Janeiro State University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01501721
First received: December 14, 2011
Last updated: December 28, 2011
Last verified: December 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

Objective: This study aimed to characterize the food intake and energy expenditure of school cooks and to evaluate the anthropometric and metabolic changes that occurred after a low-volume home-based exercise program.

Methods: A randomized clinical trial in the city of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was conducted during the school year of 2007. The trial had a factorial design based on two different interventions: 1) nutritional counseling and 2) home-based exercise. The nutritional intervention was focused on decreasing the amount of sugar used in school meals by the cooks as well as decreasing their own sugar intake. The exercise program consisted of stretching and aerobic exercises that could be practiced at home, at least three times per week (40 minutes per session), with a low-to-moderate intensity.


Condition Intervention Phase
Obesity
 Behavioral: Exercise
Behavioral: Diet
 Phase 4

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Anthropometric and Metabolic Changes Associated With a Low-volume Home-based Exercise Program

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Further study details as provided by Rio de Janeiro State University:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Change from baseline for weight at 4 and 8 months of follow-up [ Time Frame: Baseline, 4 and 8 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    Body weight was measured using the same calibrated digital scale (Tanita, BC 533 Inner Scan) for all participants


Enrollment: 95
Study Start Date: January 2007
Study Completion Date: March 2008
Primary Completion Date: December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Exercise
Home-based exercise program
 Behavioral: Exercise
Home-based exercise program
Other Name: Home-based exercise group
Experimental: Nutritional counseling
Nutrition counseling aiming to reduce suggar intake
 Behavioral: Diet
Nutritional counseling aiming to reduce suggar intake
Other Name: Diet group

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  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Of the 36 public schools spread over five different areas, we selected 20 schools from three areas with similar demographic and socio-economic profiles.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • School cooks who were pregnant or breastfeeding
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01501721

Sponsors and Collaborators
Rio de Janeiro State University
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Mauro Mediano, PhD Rio de Janeiro State University
  More Information

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Responsible Party: Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Principal Investigator, Rio de Janeiro State University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01501721     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CNPq474135/2006-3
Study First Received: December 14, 2011
Last Updated: December 28, 2011
Health Authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by Rio de Janeiro State University:
prevention
workers
clinical trials
obesity

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Obesity
Overnutrition
Nutrition Disorders
 Overweight
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013