Clinical trial

The Effect of Healthy Nutrition and Yoga Program on Obese Children

Invitation only · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT06265597

Invitation onlyNot applicableInterventional

What this study is about

This study was planned to examine the effects of a healthy nutrition and yoga program given to obese children on nutritional behavior, physical activity and anthropometric measurements.

A promising-looking record is not the same as confirmed eligibility. The study team must review the full criteria and current recruitment status.

Basic eligibility

Age10 Years to 14 Years

SexAll

Healthy volunteersNot accepted

ConditionObesity, Childhood

Full registry criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * The child's body mass index is at the 85th percentile and above according to age and gender, * Do not have any chronic disease that may cause obesity (diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, etc.). * No neurodevelopmental delay, * Those who agree to participate in the study after they and their parents are informed in detail about the study will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Children who fall outside the inclusion criteria will not take part in the research.

Treatments and study arms

Healthy Nutrition and Yoga Program

Other

* Healthy Nutrition Program * At the beginning of the "Healthy Nutrition and Yoga Program" by the researcher give education to families and children in 3 sessions (Importance of Nutrition in School Age, Obesity in School Age, Nutrition Recommendations for Obese Children). * Providing individual counseling to children every 2 weeks from the start of the Healthy Nutrition Program, in cooperation with a nutritionist, in line with the basic healthy eating behavior goals. * After the 2nd session of the healthy nutrition education and from the beginning of the Yoga Program, in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th weeks, children are asked to keep a food diary for 2 weekdays and 1 weekend (Thursday-Friday-Saturday) and planning is made according to reaching basic healthy nutrition behavior goals. * Yoga Program \*Children's yoga is applied to each group twice a week for 12 weeks.

Primary outcomes

Anthropometric Measurements and Child Follow-up Form"pre-intervention", "12th week immediately after the intervention"

This form, created by the researchers, includes height, weight, BMI, waist circumference, body composition device anthropometric measurements, and data on nutrition and physical activity.

Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Scale"pre-intervention", "12th week immediately after the intervention"

The scale consists of 20 items and is evaluated on a four-point Likert type scale (1=never/almost never, 2=sometimes, 3=often, 4=very often/always).The total score obtained from the scale varies between 20-80. When comparing the total score, high scores indicate less risky family practices and child behaviors for the child's obesity, while low scores indicate high-risk family environment and practices and child behaviors.

Adolescent Identification Form"pre-intervention"

The 15-item questionnaire created by the researchers includes sociodemographic data of the child.

Study locations

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Karaman Provincial Directorate of National Education🌐 Karaman, Turkey (Türkiye)

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