Childhood ObesityNCT02910128
Childhood Obesity Prevention Trough Education Innovation in Primary School: A Quasi-experimental Trial
A study testing chiquichefs in people with Childhood Obesity and Dietary Habits, run by Hospital El Escorial.
Trial summary
This study evaluates the effect of the education innovation program"chiquichefs" on anthropometric variables, quality of life and nutritional habits in an elementary school children. Compared with a control group of the same age but in another school. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 7 to 11 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Childhood Obesity, Dietary Habits, Quality of Life
- What is being tested?
- chiquichefs
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 150 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Oct 2016to Jul 2018
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 7 to 11 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- All children and their caregivers enrolled at the participating schools and that agree to sign informed consent.
Who cannot join
- None except not agreement to sign the informed consent.
About this study
Official title: Childhood Obesity Prevention Trough the "CHIQUICHEFS" Program of Education Innovation and Cooking in a Primary School: A Quasi Experimental Study
This study evaluates the effect of the education innovation program"chiquichefs" on anthropometric variables, quality of life and nutritional habits in an elementary school children. Compared with a control group of the same age but in another school.
Read the detailed description
Childhood obesity is recognized as both the most prevalent health problem in the western world and as a global epidemic. It has an multifactorial aetiology. Obesity in children has been attributed to decrease in physical activity and the overconsumption of cheap energy dense food.
Spain has one of the highest prevalence rates of overweight and obese children among OECD countries.
Health promotion and prevention strategies in community settings are in general most effective where they engage with social networks and build social capital to enable community ownership and embedding strategies. This is particularly the case for health promotion at primary school, as social institutions within a community setting that represent a complex system with direct an indirect community relationship and social networks.
One of the best methods to prevent childhood obesity is to follow the Mediterranean diet. Especially in Mediterranean countries for the ease of access to essential products of this diet.
Chiquichefs is a methodology of project-based learning using healthy through cooking as the core of the curriculum, so children learn the academic content through cooking workshop in their school.
A quasi-experimental study was developed, for which children of the intervention schools (n = 75) in a public spanish school is compared with children of a control schools (n = 75) in the same region.
The interventions started in october 2015. In the intervention school, a whole-school approach named "chiquichefs" is implemented with the aim of improving culinary skills and dietary behaviour.
The "chiquichefs" project ideas is to make the kitchen the central pillar of the curriculum for several years. So children will learn to cook during school hours -- and not as an after-school activity -- and along the way they will also be taught the core content.
They'll do maths counting chick peas, study the recipes of literature, the geography of food, work out the boiling point of soups and learn the anatomy of cattle.
With this project, we aim to deliver the core educational requirements, teach kids to cook and lay the foundations for them to benefit from a healthier diet throughout their lives. We're going conduct a scientific study to measure the impact on the children's health and education in the hope of eventually persuading others to follow our lead.
We are going to measure the anthropometric variables, the adherence to mediterranean diet and the quality of life of all participants before and after the "chiquichefs" program.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Dietary Habits, Quality of Life
- Being tested
- chiquichefs
- Medical subject headings
- Pediatric Obesity, Feeding Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
chiquichefsBehavioural
A project based learning using healthy trough cooking as the core of the curriculum, so children learn the academic content through cooking workshop of mediterranean diet in their school.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| School intervention | Experimental | chiquichefs education innovation Receives: Behavioral: chiquichefs |
| control school | No intervention | A primary schools will function as control schools. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Child absolute change in BMI Z-score, based on weight and height
Weight is measured using a weighing scale, to the nearest 0.1 kg; height is measured using a measuring rod, to the nearest 0.1 cm. These two measurements are used to calculate the BMI, BMI was compared this with the graphics BMI standardized for Spanish population ( kg/m2).
Measured: 1 year
Secondary outcomes (2)
Adherence to mediterranean diet
kidmed index questionnaire at the beginning and end of the project
Measured: 1 year
Quality of life
kidscreen-10 questionnaire at the beginning and end of the project
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted21 Sep 2016 (estimated)
- Study startOct 2016
- Primary completionJun 2017 (estimated)
- Study completionJul 2018 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Childhood ObesityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 150 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital El Escorial
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02910128
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2
- Status last verified
- Sep 2016
- First submitted
- 5 Sep 2016
- Last updated
- 21 Sep 2016
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Willeboordse M, Jansen MW, van den Heijkant SN, Simons A, Winkens B, de Groot RH, Bartelink N, Kremers SP, van Assema P, Savelberg HH, de Neubourg E, Borghans L, Schils T, Coppens KM, Dietvorst R, Ten Hoopen R, Coomans F, Klosse S, Conjaerts MH, Oosterhoff M, Joore MA, Ferreira I, Muris P, Bosma H, Toppenberg HL, van Schayck CP. The Healthy Primary School of the Future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental study. BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 26;16:639. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3301-9.
PubMed 27456845Foster GD, Sherman S, Borradaile KE, Grundy KM, Vander Veur SS, Nachmani J, Karpyn A, Kumanyika S, Shults J. A policy-based school intervention to prevent overweight and obesity. Pediatrics. 2008 Apr;121(4):e794-802. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-1365.
PubMed 18381508
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 21 Sep 2016. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Childhood Obesity Prevention Trough the "CHIQUICHEFS" Program of Education Innovation and Cooking in a Primary School: A Quasi Experimental Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02910128
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Dietary Habits, Quality of Life
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 150 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital El EscorialUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Study start
- Oct 2016
- Primary completion
- Jun 2017 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Jul 2018 (estimated)
- First posted
- 21 Sep 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study evaluates the effect of the education innovation program"chiquichefs" on anthropometric variables, quality of life and nutritional habits in an elementary school children. Compared with a control group of the same age but in another school.
Detailed description
Childhood obesity is recognized as both the most prevalent health problem in the western world and as a global epidemic. It has an multifactorial aetiology. Obesity in children has been attributed to decrease in physical activity and the overconsumption of cheap energy dense food.
Spain has one of the highest prevalence rates of overweight and obese children among OECD countries.
Health promotion and prevention strategies in community settings are in general most effective where they engage with social networks and build social capital to enable community ownership and embedding strategies. This is particularly the case for health promotion at primary school, as social institutions within a community setting that represent a complex system with direct an indirect community relationship and social networks.
One of the best methods to prevent childhood obesity is to follow the Mediterranean diet. Especially in Mediterranean countries for the ease of access to essential products of this diet.
Chiquichefs is a methodology of project-based learning using healthy through cooking as the core of the curriculum, so children learn the academic content through cooking workshop in their school.
A quasi-experimental study was developed, for which children of the intervention schools (n = 75) in a public spanish school is compared with children of a control schools (n = 75) in the same region.
The interventions started in october 2015. In the intervention school, a whole-school approach named "chiquichefs" is implemented with the aim of improving culinary skills and dietary behaviour.
The "chiquichefs" project ideas is to make the kitchen the central pillar of the curriculum for several years. So children will learn to cook during school hours -- and not as an after-school activity -- and along the way they will also be taught the core content.
They'll do maths counting chick peas, study the recipes of literature, the geography of food, work out the boiling point of soups and learn the anatomy of cattle.
With this project, we aim to deliver the core educational requirements, teach kids to cook and lay the foundations for them to benefit from a healthier diet throughout their lives. We're going conduct a scientific study to measure the impact on the children's health and education in the hope of eventually persuading others to follow our lead.
We are going to measure the anthropometric variables, the adherence to mediterranean diet and the quality of life of all participants before and after the "chiquichefs" program.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| School intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: chiquichefschiquichefs education innovation |
| control school | No intervention | –A primary schools will function as control schools. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 7 to 11 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- All children and their caregivers enrolled at the participating schools and that agree to sign informed consent.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- None except not agreement to sign the informed consent.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| chiquichefsA project based learning using healthy trough cooking as the core of the curriculum, so children learn the academic content through cooking workshop of mediterranean diet in their school. | Behavioural | School intervention |
Primary outcome
Child absolute change in BMI Z-score, based on weight and height
Time frame: 1 year
Weight is measured using a weighing scale, to the nearest 0.1 kg; height is measured using a measuring rod, to the nearest 0.1 cm. These two measurements are used to calculate the BMI, BMI was compared this with the graphics BMI standardized for Spanish population ( kg/m2).
2 secondary outcomes
Adherence to mediterranean diet
Time frame: 1 year
Quality of life
Time frame: 1 year
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 21 Sep 2016.
- Background: PubMed 27456845Willeboordse M, Jansen MW, van den Heijkant SN, Simons A, Winkens B, de Groot RH, Bartelink N, Kremers SP, van Assema P, Savelberg HH, de Neubourg E, Borghans L, Schils T, Coppens KM, Dietvorst R, Ten Hoopen R, Coomans F, Klosse S, Conjaerts MH, Oosterhoff M, Joore MA, Ferreira I, Muris P, Bosma H, Toppenberg HL, van Schayck CP. The Healthy Primary School of the Future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental study. BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 26;16:639. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3301-9.
- Results publication: PubMed 18381508Foster GD, Sherman S, Borradaile KE, Grundy KM, Vander Veur SS, Nachmani J, Karpyn A, Kumanyika S, Shults J. A policy-based school intervention to prevent overweight and obesity. Pediatrics. 2008 Apr;121(4):e794-802. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-1365.
- short documentary video ( spanish)Link provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing chiquichefs in people with Childhood Obesity and Dietary Habits, run by Hospital El Escorial.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Sep 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Child absolute change in BMI Z-score, based on weight and height (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02910128, which also lists 2 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Sep 2016.