Effect of Exercise on Hepatic Fat in Overweight Children

NCT ID: NCT02258126

Last Updated: 2019-04-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

115 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-11-30

Study Completion Date

2018-01-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of 6 months exercise intervention program on hepatic fat fraction in overweight children.

Methodology: A total of 160 children, 9-11 years old, will be randomly assigned to control (N=80) or intervention (N=80) groups. Training sessions will include 90 minutes of exercise, comprising warm-up and skill development. The control group will attend a healthy lifestyle education program (2 days/month) and the intervention group an exercise (3 days/week) and healthy lifestyle education (2 days/month) combined program. Before and after the intervention (6 months) hepatic fat fraction, body composition, , and cardiometabolic risk factors will be measured. Furthermore, dietary habits and physical activity, blood pressure and pubertal development will be evaluated before and after the intervention.

Detailed Description

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The control group will attend a healthy lifestyle education program (2 days/month) and supportive therapy and behavioral advice for both children and parents to improve nutrition and physical activity (nutritionists and psychologists).

The intervention group will attend an exercise (3 days/week) and healthy lifestyle education (2 days/month) combined program. Training sessions will include 90 minutes of exercise, comprising warm-up and skill development, moderate to vigorous aerobic activities, flexibility and strength exercises.

Before (baseline) and after the intervention (6 months) total and abdominal adiposity, lean tissue mass and bone mass density (dual-X-ray-absorptiometry), abdominal visceral and hepatic adiposity (magnetic resonance imaging), and blood insulin, glucose, C-reactive protein, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamil transpeptidase and lipid profile will be measured. Furthermore, cardiorespiratory fitness (treadmill test) and blood pressure will be measured before and after the intervention. Changes (6 months - baseline) in dietary habits will be estimated by using two repeated 24h recalls and food frequency questionnaires and changes (6 months - baseline) in physical activity by accelerometry.

Conditions

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Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Obesity Metabolic Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control group

healthy lifestyle education including healthy lifestyle education, supportive therapy and behavioral advice for both children and parents to improve nutrition and physical activity

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Multidisciplinary intervention program

Intervention Type OTHER

Exercise group:

The intervention program includes an education program promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity (nutritionist), supportive therapy and behavioral advice for the family to improve nutrition and physical activity (psychologist) (2 times/month, for children and parents) and supervised exercise (3 times/week, 90 mins) program for 6 months.

Exercise group

multidisciplinary intervention program including healthy lifestyle education, supportive therapy and behavioral advice for for both children and parents to improve nutrition and physical activity and supervised exercise.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Multidisciplinary intervention program

Intervention Type OTHER

Exercise group:

The intervention program includes an education program promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity (nutritionist), supportive therapy and behavioral advice for the family to improve nutrition and physical activity (psychologist) (2 times/month, for children and parents) and supervised exercise (3 times/week, 90 mins) program for 6 months.

Interventions

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Multidisciplinary intervention program

Exercise group:

The intervention program includes an education program promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity (nutritionist), supportive therapy and behavioral advice for the family to improve nutrition and physical activity (psychologist) (2 times/month, for children and parents) and supervised exercise (3 times/week, 90 mins) program for 6 months.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Overweight or obesity status
* 9-11 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* Medical conditions that hamper their participation in the exercise program
* Secondary obesity
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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IDOIA LABAYEN

Lecturer of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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IDOIA LABAYEN, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country

Locations

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Pediatric Endocrinology Unit of the University Hospital of Araba (HUA)

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Other Identifiers

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PI13/01335

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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