OBJECTIVES: Obesity in children and adolescents is a worldwide dramatic health problem, for which treatment is mostly unsuccessful. Therefore, prevention is the most important measure to tackle this problem. The 'EDDY' study as an interventional cohort study with a 1-year lifestyle intervention aimed to affect the lifestyle and nutrition habits of adolescents by intervention with nutritional training and sports programs to prevent obesity. METHODS:Four Viennese schools were cluster-randomized into an intervention group and a control group. A total of 141 pupils aged 11-14 years were included. The intervention group received a comprehensive, age-appropriate training on nutrition and lifestyle exercise intervention for 12 months. Before and after intervention and at two follow-ups, subjects were anthropometrically measured. In addition, knowledge of nutritional issues and eating habits were measured with questionnaires. RESULTS: The data imply an improvement of nutrition knowledge, a significant reduction in the consumption of junk food (p = 0.01), sweets (p = 0.001) and salty snacks (p < 0.001) as well as a slight improvement of physical performance after intervention. Although there was a trend for a less increase of body fat in the intervention group, no significant changes could have been shown in the anthropometric data. CONCLUSIONS: An age-adjusted lifestyle intervention based on dietary training and exercise can improve the nutritional knowledge and eating habits of school children.
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OBJECTIVES:Obesity in children and adolescents is a worldwide dramatic health problem, for which treatment is mostly unsuccessful. Therefore, prevention is the most important measure to tackle this problem. The 'EDDY' study as an interventional cohort study with a 1-year lifestyle intervention aimed to affect the lifestyle and nutrition habits of adolescents by intervention with nutritional training and sports programs to prevent obesity. METHODS: Four Viennese schools were cluster-randomized into an intervention group and a control group. A total of 141 pupils aged 11-14 years were included. The intervention group received a comprehensive, age-appropriate training on nutrition and lifestyle exercise intervention for 12 months. Before and after intervention and at two follow-ups, subjects were anthropometrically measured. In addition, knowledge of nutritional issues and eating habits were measured with questionnaires. RESULTS: The data imply an improvement of nutrition knowledge, a significant reduction in the consumption of junk food (p = 0.01), sweets (p = 0.001) and salty snacks (p < 0.001) as well as a slight improvement of physical performance after intervention. Although there was a trend for a less increase of body fat in the intervention group, no significant changes could have been shown in the anthropometric data. CONCLUSIONS: An age-adjusted lifestyle intervention based on dietary training and exercise can improve the nutritional knowledge and eating habits of school children.
Authors: S Blüher; K Kromeyer-Hauschild; C Graf; D Grünewald-Funk; K Widhalm; U Korsten-Reck; J Markert; C Güssfeld; M J Müller; A Moss; M Wabitsch; S Wiegand Journal: Klin Padiatr Date: 2015-08-24 Impact factor: 1.349
Authors: B Jouret; N Ahluwalia; M Dupuy; C Cristini; L Nègre-Pages; H Grandjean; M Tauber Journal: Int J Obes (Lond) Date: 2009-09-08 Impact factor: 5.095
Authors: Laurent Béghin; Inge Huybrechts; German Vicente-Rodríguez; Stefaan De Henauw; Frédéric Gottrand; Marcela Gonzales-Gross; Jean Dallongeville; Michael Sjöström; Catherine Leclercq; Sabine Dietrich; Manuel Castillo; Maria Plada; Dénes Molnar; Mathilde Kersting; Chantal C Gilbert; Luis A Moreno Journal: Arch Public Health Date: 2012-06-19