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Design, randomization and methodology of the TriAtiva Program to reduce obesity in school children in Southern Brazil

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Title
Design, randomization and methodology of the TriAtiva Program to reduce obesity in school children in Southern Brazil
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BMC Public Health, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1727-0
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Roberta R Friedrich, Lisandrea C Caetano, Mariana D Schiffner, Mário B Wagner, Ilaine Schuch

Abstract

The prevalence of child obesity in Brazil has increased rapidly in recent decades. There is, therefore, an urgent need to develop effective strategies to prevent and control child obesity. In light of these considerations, an intervention program with a focus on nutrition education and physical activity was developed for to prevent and control obesity in schools. The intervention was called the TriAtiva Program: Education, Nutrition and Physical Activity. This article describes the design, randomization and method used to evaluate the TriAtiva program. this randomized controlled cluster trial was performed in 12 municipal schools in the city of Porto Alegre/RS (six schools in the intervention group and six control schools) which offered first- through fourth grade, during one school year. The TriAtiva Program was implemented through educational activities related to healthy eating and physical activity, creating an environment which promoted student health while involving the school community and student families. The primary outcome of the present study was body mass, while its secondary outcomes were waist circumference, percent body fat, blood pressure and behavioural variables such as eating habits and physical activity levels, as well as the prevalence, incidence and remission rates of obesity. the intervention was developed based on a comprehensive review of controlled trials of similar design. The TriAtiva Program: Education, Nutrition and Physical Activity was the first study in Southern Brazil to use a randomized controlled design to evaluate an intervention involving both nutrition education and physical activity in schools. Our results will contribute to the development of future interventions aimed at preventing and controlling child obesity in schools, especially in Brazil. Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry (REBEC) number RBR2xx2z4.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 2 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Czechia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 253 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 50 19%
Student > Master 48 19%
Researcher 16 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 5%
Other 44 17%
Unknown 71 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 48 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 42 16%
Sports and Recreations 26 10%
Psychology 21 8%
Social Sciences 15 6%
Other 28 11%
Unknown 78 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 November 2017.
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#7,795,929
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#8,156
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#92,078
of 265,713 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#133
of 256 outputs
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