The impacts of multiple obesity-related interventions on quality of life in children and adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Obesity has become a serious public health problem and family- and school-based interventions including physical exercise and diet control have been widely applied to attempt to combat this issue. The purpose of our study was to verify the effectiveness of an obesity-related comprehensive intervention model aimed at improving quality of life (QoL) among adolescents.

Methods

A cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted involving 948 subjects who were divided into an intervention group (n = 518) and a control group (n = 430). The intervention group received 1 year of obesity-related health education, physical exercise, and diet control. Their baseline body mass index (BMI) was calculated, and their QoL and basic information were assessed bot

SUBMITTER: Diao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336614 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature