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01-12-2020 | Obesity | Research

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

Authors: Hua Diao, Hong Wang, Lianjian Yang, Ting Li

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2020

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 both before and after the intervention period using a self-designed Adolescent Quality of Life Scale and a basic information questionnaire.

Results

After the intervention, significant differences in the psychological, social, and pubertal dimensions, and in total QoL (P < 0.05) were observed in the intervention group relative to the control group. Improved psychological QoL in the intervention group was our most robust study finding, with increases in psychological (B = 1.883, SE = 0.646, P = 0.004), pubertal (B = 0.853, SE = 0.296, P = 0.004) and total (B = 3.024, SE = 1.214, P = 0.013) QoL all being higher in this group. This intervention effect was found to be more substantial in boys than in girls.

Conclusions

Family-individual-school-based interventions combining obesity-related health education, physical exercise, and diet control can improve psychological, pubertal, and total QoL in children, with these effects being most pronounced in boys.

Trial registration

retrospectively registered NCT02343588.

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Title: The impacts of multiple obesity-related interventions on quality of life in children and adolescents: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Hua Diao
Hong Wang
Lianjian Yang
Ting Li
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Obesity
Obesity
Overweight
Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01459-0

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

Abstract

Background and purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Trial registration

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