"GENYAL" Study to Childhood Obesity Prevention: Methodology and Preliminary Results.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article describes the methodology and summarizes some preliminary results of the GENYAL study aiming to design and validate a predictive model, considering both environmental and genetic factors, that identifies children who would benefit most from actions aimed at reducing the risk of obesity and its complications.

Design

The study is a cluster randomized clinical trial with 5-year follow-up. The initial evaluation was carried out in 2017. The schools were randomly split into intervention (nutritional education) and control schools. Anthropometric measurements, social and health as well as dietary and physical activity data of schoolchildren and their families are annually collected. A total of 26 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were assessed. Machine

SUBMITTER: Marcos-Pasero H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957940 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature