Cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an obesity prevention programme for Chinese primary school-aged children: the CHIRPY DRAGON study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Childhood obesity in China has increased more rapidly and over a shorter time period than in other countries. However, there is a paucity of rigorously developed and evaluated prevention interventions. We aim to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness as well as the implementation process of a complex multicomponent intervention developed using the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) framework. This study provides one of the first examples of rigorous development and evaluation of a childhood obesity prevention programme in a non-western population using the MRC methods.

Methods and analysis

A cluster-randomised controlled trial in 40 primary schools in Guangzhou, China, including children aged 6-7 years at baseline. Schools will be randomly allocated to eith

SUBMITTER: Li B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719318 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature