Optimizing Cardiometabolic Health, Cognition and Academic Performance in Children (HAPHC)

NCT ID: NCT04956003

Last Updated: 2023-03-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 750 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-09-27
• Study Completion Date: 2025-09-01

Brief Summary

Children and young people are moving less and less. In combination with an unhealthy diet, this has led to a sharp increase in overweight and obesity among children worldwide. Very often, physical illnesses occur in adolescence that can be directly attributed to the overweight and obesity. In order to protect children from these consequences in time, a daily exercise unit of 45 minutes is built into their learning. This exercise will take place in addition to physical education classes as part of your child's school day and will be conducted by a teacher. We will examine the children of the participating schools with regard to health-related characteristics.

Conditions

Physical Activity; Cardiometabolic Health

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Control Group

No intervention, but assessment of cardiometabolic health and cognition

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention Group

Implementing a daily 45-minute physical activity session as an integral part of learning.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

45-minute daily physical activity

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

45-minute daily physical activity session as an integral part of learning (during regular school sessions)

Interventions

45-minute daily physical activity

45-minute daily physical activity session as an integral part of learning (during regular school sessions)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• students in participating schools

Exclusion Criteria

• none

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Kristiania University College

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Medical University of Graz

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Nandu Goswami, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medical University of Graz

Locations

Medical University of Graz

Graz, Styria, Austria

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Austria

Central Contacts

Nandu Goswami, Dr.

Role: CONTACT

nandu.goswami@medunigraz.at

+43 664 7924948

Karin Schmid Zalaudek, Dr.

Role: CONTACT

karin.schmid@medunigraz.at

+43 676 7204142

Facility Contacts

Goswami Nandu, MD

Role: primary

nandu.goswami@medunigraz.at

References

Fredriksen PM, Hjelle OP, Mamen A, Meza TJ, Westerberg AC. The health Oriented pedagogical project (HOPP) - a controlled longitudinal school-based physical activity intervention program. BMC Public Health. 2017 Apr 28;17(1):370. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4282-z.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 28454531 (View on PubMed)

Goswami N, Hansen D, Gumze G, Brix B, Schmid-Zalaudek K, Fredriksen PM. Health and Academic Performance With Happy Children: A Controlled Longitudinal Study Based on the HOPP Project. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Jun 3;9:820827. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.820827. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35722126 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

HAPPY CHILDREN

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id