Clinical Trial: School and Family-Based Obesity Prevention in Pakistani Primary School Children

U.S., June 2 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07616232) titled 'School and Family-Based Obesity Prevention in Pakistani Primary School Children' on May 23.

Brief Summary: Childhood obesity is increasing rapidly in Pakistan, but there are no large, high-quality studies testing ways to prevent it in schools. This study aims to find out if a 9-month program involving health education, daily physical activity, parent workshops, and regular feedback via WhatsApp or SMS can reduce the number of primary school children who are overweight or obese.

The study is a cluster randomized controlled trial. A total of 26 primary schools in three cities of Punjab (Lahore, Sahiwal, Bahawalnagar) will be randomly ...