An interventional study of Anthropometric measurements and Questionnaire in Overweight Children and Obese Children and Adolescents, sponsored by United Arab Emirates University. Completed at 1 site in United Arab Emirates. Open to participants aged 9 Years to 13 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-04.
Sponsored by United Arab Emirates University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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.
The problem of childhood obesity is a critical issue for the UAE. Findings of recent studies illustrate that nutritional interventions seeking to modify people's nutritional behavior and change their dietary habits have the potential to address this problem. This article reports the results of the study that was dedicated to the influence of the school-based nutritional educational intervention on fruit and vegetable intake, anthropometric measures, practice, attitude, self-efficacy, and knowledge scores of schoolchildren. The intervention was carried out among 9-13-year-old schoolchildren at public schools from Dubai and Sharjah (n=403). The sample included three groups, including the control group (n=114), Intervention Group 1 (n=148), and Intervention Group 2 (n=141). The control group was exposed to a conventional curriculum on healthy nutrition. Group 1 participated in the intervention involving children, and Group 2 participated in the intervention involving students, peers, and parents.
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1. During the intervention, 30-minute in person sessions and lectures are held on a one-on-one basis . 2. Lectures were conducted daily for five days during the first month of the intervention 3. The students were exposed to the school nutrition education curriculum, which may also be considered an intervention as it introduced students to new nutrition knowledge. The school nutrition education curriculum presented general information about nutrition in accordance with official guidelines issued by the UAE Ministry of Education. Topics covered included the dangers of obesity, the prevalence of obesity in the UAE, and potentially effective ways to prevent this problem, the information in this program was broad and did not provide practical recommendations to students except for a set of general suggestions. 4. The topics covered included a healthy eating lifestyle, energy balance, food portion control, healthy snacking, the importance of physical activity and healthy eating, dietary
Other: Anthropometric measurements · Other: Questionnaire · Other: Educational sessions
1. 30-minute in person sessions were introduced to all the school children, and 10-minute question-and-answer sections were held at the end of each lesson to support knowledge acquisition. 2. Lectures were conducted daily for five days in the first month of the study. 3. The students were exposed to the school nutrition education curriculum, which may also be considered an intervention as it introduced students to new nutrition knowledge. The school nutrition education curriculum presented general information about nutrition in accordance with official guidelines issued by the UAE Ministry of Education. Topics covered included the dangers of obesity, the prevalence of obesity in the UAE, and potentially effective ways to prevent this problem, the information in this program was broad and did not provide practical recommendations to students except for a set of general suggestions. 4. The topics covered included a healthy eating lifestyle,
Other: Educational sessions
The students in the control group did not receive any nutrition intervention except for the usual school curriculum-based nutrition education program. Participants in the intervention and control groups were recruited from different sections of the same schools.
1. 30-minute in person sessions and 10-minute question-and-answer sections were held at the end of each lesson to support knowledge acquisition. 2. Lectures were conducted daily for five days in the first month of the study.
Other: Educational sessions
Anthropometric measurements of the students, including weight, height, muscle mass, fat quantity, and waist circumference, were measured. The WHO BMI charts were utilized for classification. Stratified Random selection
The collection of data was performed using the "Atlas questionnaire" (Al-Hazzaa et al., 2011) and "nutrition knowledge and healthy lifestyle behavior" questionnaire (Kalender et al., 2011) with additional questions related to self-efficacy and dietary practices adapted from the literature (Becher, 2009; Voss et al., 2017; Kowalski et al., 2004). Stratified Random selection
The topics that covered included a healthy eating lifestyle, energy balance, food portion control, healthy snacking, the importance of physical activity and healthy eating, dietary practices, and nutrition-related self-efficacy.
Nutrition Knowledge and Self-Efficacy
- Change in students' knowledge and self-efficacy scores from baseline values in overweight and obese UAE students aged 9-13 using a validated questionnaire(Arab Teens Lifestyle Questionnaire). The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and the IBM, USA computer software (version 29). Likert scales, were expressed as weighted mean ± SD. An independent t-test (parametric test) was used to analyze the effect of 2-level qualitative variables on quantitative variables, and one way ANOVA (parametric test) was used to analyze the effect of \>2-level qualitative variables on quantitative variables in each questionnaire section
Time frame: 6 months
Nutrition Knowledge and Self-Efficacy
- Change in the percentage of children consuming at least five servings of fruits and vegetables and using a validated questionnaire(Arab Teens Lifestyle Questionnaire). The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and the IBM, USA computer software (version 29). Likert scales, were expressed as weighted mean ± SD. An independent t-test (parametric test) was used to analyze the effect of 2-level qualitative variables on quantitative variables, and one way ANOVA (parametric test) was used to analyze the effect of \>2-level qualitative variables on quantitative variables in each questionnaire section
Time frame: 6 months
Anthropometric Data
Change in body measurements(Weight in kilogram, BMI in kg/m\^2) The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and the IBM, USA computer software (version 29).The anthropometric measurements of the control and intervention groups were compared using ANOVA before and after the nutritional education intervention.
Time frame: 6 months
Anthropometric Data
Change in body measurements(waist circumference in cm) The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and the IBM, USA computer software (version 29).The anthropometric measurements of the control and intervention groups were compared using ANOVA before and after the nutritional education intervention.
Time frame: 6 months
Anthropometric Data
Change in body measurements( Muscle Mass in kilogram) The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and the IBM, USA computer software (version 29).The anthropometric measurements of the control and intervention groups were compared using ANOVA before and after the nutritional education intervention.
Time frame: 6 months
Anthropometric Data
Change in body measurements( Body Fat percentage using using Tanita BC730W) The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and the IBM, USA computer software (version 29).The anthropometric measurements of the control and intervention groups were compared using ANOVA before and after the nutritional education intervention.
Time frame: 6 months
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