Effects of Intermittent Dietary Restriction on Cardiometabolic Risk in School-aged Children
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Intermittent dietary restriction, General health education.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cardiovascular Syndrome, Metabolic. Basic parameters: 7 years — 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- China
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Official title
Effects of Intermittent Dietary Restriction on Cardiometabolic Risk in School-aged Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
This randomized trial aims to evaluate the health-promoting effects of intermittent dietary restrictions, including intermittent low-carbohydrate diet (ILCD) and calorie restriction (ICR), in school-aged children with cardiometabolic risk (CMR) compared with general health education based on dietary and physical activity guidelines for Chinese children.
Detailed description
Childhood obesity comorbid with one or more CMR factors, including hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, predicts an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Lifestyle interventions, including restricting dietary calorie intake and increasing physical activity, have been proposed as the first-line behavioral weight management approaches for pediatric obesity. Long-term adherence to daily dietary restriction is challenging for young populations because they are in a particular period of physical and psychological growth and lifestyle formation. Low-carbohydrate diet and ICR have shown effectiveness in improving cardiometabolic health in adults, however, the evidence supporting the effects of these diets in pediatric populations remains limited.
Eligible participants will be randomized to receive intermittent dietary restriction, including an ILCD (carbohydrate intake ≤ 50 g/d for two days per week) or an ICR (calorie intake is 500-600 kcal/d for two days per week), or general health education based on dietary and physical activity guidelines for Chinese children in daily life. The total study duration will be 12 months consisting of a 3-month intervention phase and a 9-month self-maintenance phase.
Interventions
- Behavioral Intermittent dietary restriction
Intermittent dietary restriction will include the ILCD and ICR, which will be self-administered interventions in daily lives. The ILCD intervention will ask participants to restrict carbohydrate intake to ≤ 50 g/d on two consecutive or discontinuous days per week. The ICR intervention will ask participants to restrict caloric intake to 600 kcal/d for boys and 500 kcal/d for girls on two consecutive or discontinuous days per week. At baseline, participants will receive face-to-face oral dietary - Behavioral General health education
General health education based on dietary and physical activity guidelines for Chinese children and adolescents, will regularly send offline and online promotional materials to participants.
Primary outcome measures
- Number of participants with reversal of at least one cardiometabolic abnormalities [Time frame: At month 3 from baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- Number of participants with reversal of at least one cardiometabolic abnormalities [Time frame: At month 12 from baseline]
- Change in body fat (%) [Time frame: From baseline to month 3]
- Change in the total score of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children [Time frame: From baseline to month 3]
- Change in body weight [Time frame: From baseline to month 3]
- Change in body weight [Time frame: From baseline to month 12]
- Change in waist circumference [Time frame: From baseline to month 3]
- Change in waist circumference [Time frame: From baseline to month 12]
- Change in fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF-21) [Time frame: From baseline to month 3]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Aged 7-18 years at baseline.
- At least one of the following cardio-metabolic abnormalities:
- Prediabetes (Impaired fasting glucose: 5.6 ≤ fasting blood glucose level ≤ 6.9 mmol/L; or Impaired glucose tolerance: 7.8 ≤ blood glucose level after 2 hours postprandial ≤ 11.0 mmol/L).
- Lipid abnormalities (High-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≤ 1.04 mmol/L; or Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥ 3.37 mmol/L; or Triglycerides ≥ 1.70 mmol/L, or Total cholesterol ≥ 5.18 mmol/L).
- Elevated blood pressure (Systolic/diastolic blood pressure consistently higher than the 90th percentile for gender, age, and height; or systolic/diastolic blood pressure ≥ 120/80 mmHg).
Exclusion criteria
- Previously diagnosed with heart failure, severe malnutrition, immune deficiency, liver or kidney disease, cancer, or other diseases deemed unsuitable for participation.
- Had a history of bariatric surgery.
- Used weight loss pills or supplements in the last three months.
- Other situations unsuitable for participation.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University — Shanghai
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06500078 · IM_Diet_2.0