International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01722500 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 7, 2012
Last Update Posted : February 5, 2016
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Condition or disease |
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Childhood Obesity |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 7806 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Cross-Sectional |
Official Title: | International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) |
Study Start Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2014 |
Group/Cohort |
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10 year old children
500 children with mean age 10.5 years from each of 12 countries
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- Testing of Children [ Time Frame: Baseline ]BMI (kg/m2)
- Testing of Children [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Waist Circumference (cm)
- Testing of Children [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Percent Body Fat (%)
- Testing of Children [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Physical activity (minutes/day)
- Testing of Children [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Dietary intake (principal components analysis score)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 9 Years to 11 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- students 10 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- has pacemaker or other internal medical devices

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01722500
United States, Louisiana | |
Pennington Biomedical Research Center | |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808 | |
Australia | |
School of Health Sciences at University of South Australia | |
Adelaide, Australia, 5001 | |
Brazil | |
Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul (CELAFISCS) | |
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 09501-000 | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa | |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5 | |
China | |
Tianjin Women's & Children's Health Center | |
Tianjin, China, 300070 | |
Colombia | |
Department of Public Health School of Medicine at Universidad de los Andes | |
Carrera, Bogata, Colombia | |
Finland | |
Department of Food & Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki | |
Helsinki, Finland, 00014 | |
India | |
St John's National Academy of Health Sciences | |
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560034 | |
Kenya | |
Department of Exercise, Recreation and Sports Science at Kenyatta University | |
Nairobi, Kenya | |
Portugal | |
Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education - University of Porto | |
Porto, Portugal, 4200-450 | |
South Africa | |
University of Cape Town | |
Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa, 7701 | |
United Kingdom | |
Department of Health at University of Bath | |
Bath, United Kingdom, BA2 7AY |
Principal Investigator: | Peter T. Katzmarzyk, PhD, FACSM | Pennington Biomedical Research Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Timothy S. Church, MD, MPH, PhD | Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Associate Executive Director of Population Science, Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01722500 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PBRC 10042CC |
First Posted: | November 7, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 5, 2016 |
Last Verified: | February 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
International Childhood Obesity ISCOLE |
Pennington Biomedical Research Center PBRC longitudinal multinational |
Obesity Pediatric Obesity Overnutrition |
Nutrition Disorders Overweight Body Weight |