Trial reportNutrition journal2008
An increase of cereal intake as an approach to weight reduction in children is effective only when accompanied by nutrition education: a randomized controlled trial.
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- The Impact of Ready-to-Eat Cereal Intake on Body Weight and Body Composition in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies and Controlled Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions to Treat Obesity in Mexican Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of Ready-to-Eat-Cereals on Key Nutritional and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
- The benefits of breakfast cereal consumption: a systematic review of the evidence base.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2014Pooled it
- Belief beyond the evidence: using the proposed effect of breakfast on obesity to show 2 practices that distort scientific evidence.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2013Pooled it
- Does regular breakfast cereal consumption help children and adolescents stay slimmer? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity facts · 2013Pooled it
- A Scoping Review of School-Based Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions Conducted in Mexico.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Review
- Clinical and metabolic effect of a multidisciplinary intervention through a comprehensive care program for children and adolescents with obesityBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2020Observational
- Eating versus skipping breakfast has no discernible effect on obesity-related anthropometric outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.F1000Research · 2020Article
- Methodological Challenges in Studies Examining the Effects of Breakfast on Cognitive Performance and Appetite in Children and Adolescents.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Review
- Discrete strategies to reduce intake of discretionary food choices: a scoping review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016Article
- Evaluating the Intervention-Based Evidence Surrounding the Causal Role of Breakfast on Markers of Weight Management, with Specific Focus on Breakfast Composition and Size.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2016Review
- Development of the Intervention Materials for the HomeStyles Obesity Prevention Program for Parents of Preschoolers.Nutrients · 2015Article
- Weighing the Evidence of Common Beliefs in Obesity Research.Critical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2015Review
- Controlling childhood obesity: A systematic review on strategies and challenges.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2014Review
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- Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Body Mass Index and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adolescents in a Country of the African Region.International journal of endocrinology · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe main emphasis of dietary advice for control of obesity has been on reducing dietary fat. Increasing ready to eat cereal (RTEC) consumption could be a strategy to reduce fat intake and increase carbohydrate intake resulting in a diet with lower energy density.
objectives1. To determine if an increase in RTEC intake is an effective strategy to reduce excess body weight and blood lipids in overweight or at risk of overweight children. 2. To determine if a nutrition education program would make a difference on the response to an increase in cereal intake. 3) To determine if increase in RTEC intake alone or with a nutrition education program has an effect on plasma lipid profile. EXPERIMENTAL
designOne hundred and forty seven overweight or at risk of overweight children (6-12 y of age) were assigned to one of four different treatments: a. One serving of 33 +/- 7 g of RTEC for breakfast; b. one serving of 33 +/- 7 g of RTEC for breakfast and another one for dinner; c. one serving of 33 +/- 7 g of RTEC for breakfast and a nutrition education program. d. Non intervention, control group. Anthropometry, body composition, physical activity and blood lipids were measured at baseline, before treatments, and 12 weeks after treatments.
resultsAfter 12 weeks of intervention only the children that received 33 +/- 7 g of RTEC and nutrition education had significantly lower body weight [-1.01 (-1.69, -0.34) ], p < 0.01], lower BMI [-0.95 (-1.71, -0.20), p < 0.01] and lower total body fat [-0.71 (-1.71, 0.28), p < 0.05] compared with the control group [1.19 (0.39, 1.98), 0.01 (-0.38, 0.41), 0.44 (-0.46, 1.35) respectively]. Plasma triglycerides and VLDL were significantly reduced [-20.74 (-36.44, -5.05), -3.78 (-6.91, -0.64) respectively, p < 0.05] and HDL increased significantly [6.61 (2.15, 11.08), p < 0.01] only in this treatment group. The groups that received 1 or 2 doses of RTEC alone were not significantly different to the control group.
conclusionA strategy to increase RTEC consumption, as a source of carbohydrate, to reduce obesity is effective only when accompanied by nutrition education. The need for education could be extrapolated to other strategies intended for treatment of obesity.
trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clincial Trial Registry. Request no: ACTRN12608000025336.
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