Improvement of Physical Activity and Correction of Body Mass Index in School Children

There is an increasing incidence of overweight children in Germany, due to a lack of physical activity.

The aim of this study is to improve physical fitness and activity in school children. Two classes in different schools are provided with additional sport lessons over a period of one year.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Overweight
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: physical exercise

Detailed Description

The increasing incidence of overweight children in Germany is due to a lack of physical activity and intake of unhealthy food. The importance of physical activity for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in adults was shown in several trials. Therefore we provide additional sport lessons over the period of one year in two defined schools in Leipzig with the aim to improve physical fitness in school children. Two other classes with the -in germany- usual quantity of sport classes served as control classes.

In all classes at the beginning and at the end of the school year blood samples were taken, and a clinical investigation, a coordination test for children and a spiroergometer were performed. Additionally each child had to fill out a questionnaire.

Endurance training is emphasized in the sport lessons.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Saxony
    • Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, 04299
      • University of Leipzig

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 9 years to 12 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• School class

Exclusion Criteria:

• Condition precluding exercise

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Improvement of maximal oxygen uptake

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Change in body mass index

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Leipzig
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Gerhard Schuler, Professor, University of Leipzig

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Walther C, Mende M, Gaede L, Muller U, Machalica K, Schuler G. [Effects of daily physical exercise at school on cardiovascular risk--results of a 2-year cluster-randomized study]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2011 Nov;136(46):2348-54. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1292049. Epub 2011 Nov 8. German.
• Walther C, Gaede L, Adams V, Gelbrich G, Leichtle A, Erbs S, Sonnabend M, Fikenzer K, Korner A, Kiess W, Bruegel M, Thiery J, Schuler G. Effect of increased exercise in school children on physical fitness and endothelial progenitor cells: a prospective randomized trial. Circulation. 2009 Dec 1;120(22):2251-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865808. Epub 2009 Nov 17.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2005
• Primary Completion: December 6, 2022
• Study Completion: December 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2005
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 13, 2005
• First Posted (Estimate): September 15, 2005

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 29, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 27, 2018
• Last Verified: September 1, 2006

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Physical fitness
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Body Weight; Overweight
• Other Study ID Numbers: school project

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No