Iranian children with overweight and obesity: an internet-based interventional study

BMC Pediatrics

Farnaz Khatami¹  Mahta Gheirati²  Hamid Barahimi²  Rezvan Hashemi³  Ghazal Shariatpanahi⁴  Leila Khedmat⁵ 

[1] Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Family Medicine, Ziaeian Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Family Medicine, Ziaeian Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ziaeian Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran;Department of Pediatrics, Ziaeian Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;

关键词: Childhood obesity;    Overweight;    Practical education;    Lifestyle modification;    Nutritional pattern;    Gender difference;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12887-021-02684-2

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundObesity or overweight in children is an excessive accumulation of adipose tissue that can potentially regress health indicators and increase the likelihood of various diseases.ObjectivesThis model was implemented to improve the nutritional status and lifestyle behavior of children aged 6–12 years with overweight/obesity.MethodsA quasi-experimental design with 90 participants in each control and intervention group with a multistage cluster random sampling method after reviewing the literature, and their screening by experts were adopted.ResultsAfter 6 months there were significant differences in Body Mass Index and weight for age percentile values of children allocated in control and intervention groups after controlling for beginning values (p = 0.024, Partial eta2 = 0.028, 0.044, Partial eta2 = 0.023), respectively. Although there was an increased rate in BMI and weight for age percentile in both groups this increase in the control group after the 6th month significantly was more than that in the intervention group after the 6th months. A considerable difference in BMI of girls after the intervention was observed in the experimental group (p = 0.006, Partial eta2 = 0.092). However, our results showed that there was no significant difference in BMI of boys in the intervention and control groups before and 6 months after the intervention (p = 0.507).ConclusionsWe conclude that though the weight increase rate was lower in the experimental group, the implemented model alone was not enough.Trial registrationIranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT): IRCT20200717048124N1 at 05/08/2020, retrospectively registered.

【 授权许可】

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