Childhood overweight and obesity is a health problem with lifelong implications related to diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, psychological disorders as well as other chronic conditions.
In Taiwan, the nationwide prevalence of overweight and obesity among school-age children aged 7 to 11 years has also increased over the past years. Sleep and weight are intricately related. School-age children requires at least 10 hours of sleep per night but children in Asian countries are on average obtaining shorter sleep than children in Caucasian countries.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
164
The intervention has an intensive phase and a maintenance phase.
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Child BMI-for-age z-score
Child BMI-for-age z-score will be computed based on the World Health Organization growth reference data for 5-19 years.
Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 months post intervention
Child BMI
Child BMI will be calculated based on child weight and height.
Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 months post intervention
Child percent body fat
Percent body fat will be estimated according to the skinfold thickness equations.
Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 months post intervention
child sleep duration and sleep efficiency
Actigraphy-derived daily sleep duration and nocturnal sleep efficiency
Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 months post intervention
Parental sleep quality
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index total scores
Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 months post intervention
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