Active clinical trials for "Pediatric Obesity"

The prevalence of childhood obesity has been increasing over the past couple of decades. Similar to adults, overweight and obesity in young children and adolescents is associated with an increased number of cardiovascular risk factors including dyslipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes. Epidemiological and clinical studies suggest that foods and ingredients rich in select flavonoids, such as cocoa, red grape products, tea, citrus fruits, and strawberries are protective against the development of cardiovascular disease. Strawberries are rich in flavonoids, particularly anthocyanins, flavanols, flavonols, ellagic acid and its glucose ester, ellagitanin. A number of in vitro studies have observed that these isolated compounds, as well as strawberry extracts have the potential to affect outcomes of cardiovascular health, including vascular reactivity, cellular signaling and oxidant defense6,7. We hypothesize that strawberry intake will lead to improvements in select measures of cardiovascular function in overweight and obese adolescent males.

The purpose of the study is to compare 3 different diets in pregnancy, equal in calories, and fats, different in refined grains compared to whole grains as a source of carbohydrates, and in calories from carbohydrate, compared to protein as a source of calories.The hypothesis is that there will be differences in the specified outcomes because the proportions of macronutrients are significant. The primary objective is to detect differences in weight gain.

The First 1000 Days (conception to age 2) is a crucial period for the development and prevention of obesity and its adverse consequences in mother-child pairs and their families. The overall aim of the First 1000 Days program is to work across early-life systems to prevent obesity, promote healthy routines and behaviors, address social determinants of health, and reduce health disparities among vulnerable children and families at community health centers in the Boston, MA area. The study aims to simultaneously implement and evaluate an obesity prevention program across early life systems to reduce the prevalence of obesity risk factors within racial/ethnic minority families, close the gap in maternal-child health disparities, and assess and address social determinants of health.

Despite exercise training decrease blood fasting glycemia in 'average' terms, there is a wide interindividual variability after exercise training explored mainly in adults but not in children. Thus, is yet unknown what baseline health status as well as the influence of what health variable may produce more/less non-responder (NR) prevalence (i.e., percentage of subjects who experienced a non-change/worsened response after training in some metabolic outcomes) after exercise training in school children.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children have increased in recent years and this has been associated with replacing plain water intake by sugar-sweetened beverages. Because of this, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the impact of a school-based intervention that aimed to replace sugar-sweetened beverages by water. A randomized community trial including 314 children aged 9-11 years from three public schools of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico was performed. Schools were randomized to intervention (two schools from municipality of Apan; six classes with 146 participants) or control group (one school from municipality of Emiliano Zapata; six classes with 168 participants) and followed during 6 months. Intervention included to place water filters at school and classroom lessons to increase water consumption and decreasing sugar-sweetened beverages.

The current study proposes to study the feasibility and acceptability of the Families Preventing Diabetes Together Intervention among 40 families who have one parent diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and at least 1 child between the ages of 5-14 years of age. Successful recruitment, measurement and randomization of patients and their families will provide data for our aim of assessing feasibility. Patient and family participation in the intervention and feedback via the post-intervention surveys will provide data for our aim of acceptability.

In an attempt to challenge the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, many programs have been executed in order to improve childrens' lifestyle. Programs involved either school, family or environmental measures. In most, success was only limited. The purpose of this trial is to examine the ability of a low-cost multi-component program to improve behavioral, diet and activity habits in both school, family and afternoon settings. Ths ultimate goal is to construct and assess a lifestyle modification program that can be implemented in schools and kindergartens on a national level. Participants will be ~2,500 children aged 5-12 from 22 kindergartens and elementary schools, divided into control and intervention centers. Teachers and students will be provided with materials in order to perform activities on healthy food and drink choices and habits during the school day. Schools will offer increased physical activity opportunities to children, as will afternoon community centers. Children will be given personal exercise items. Parents will be offered lectures on topics of diet and activity. Diet and activity habits will be assessed by a questionnaire, and height, weight and body fat percentage will be measured before and after the program.

This Integrated Project (Research + Extension) aims to reduce the risk of early childhood overweight through changing bottle-feeding behavior. Excess bottles of whole milk and sweet beverages beyond the advised weaning age of 12 months, "inappropriate bottle-feeding," has been linked to overweight. Our pilot of this intervention reduced bottle use. COMPONENTS OF THE 'FEEDING YOUNG CHILDREN STUDY' (FYCS): Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)- of a bottle-weaning intervention in low-income multi-ethnic toddlers, will enroll n=464 12 month olds using >2 bottles/day from two WIC sites. Bottle use, anthropometrics, dietary intake, and nutrient density outcomes will be assessed at Baseline, and 4 times over a 12 month follow-up. Observational Study- nested within the RCT, will describe dietary intake and nutrient density data (24 hour recalls) for this period of feeding transitions. FYCS fills a gap in knowledge about this population's dietary habits, and their relationship to bottle use. Extension- our Marketing Department will produce: a 5-8 minute 'infomercial' and nutritionist and client guides (freely downloadable) at WIC, maternal/child health, and pediatric websites, and; a public TV segment. We will disseminate findings through a) the National WIC Association, b) nutrition & pediatric journals, and; c) lay print, media, and websites with assistance from our Public Relations Department.

Impact of resistance training in prepubertal children with obesity focusing mostly in changes in body composition and markers of insulin resistance. Hypothesis is that this will show positive changes in this randomized controlled trial.

The main aim of this study is to describe differences in development of health and motor performance over time in relation to type of school and other background variables.