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The Effect of Exercise on Hepatic Fat in Overweight Children; the EFIGRO Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Multidisciplinary intervention program for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 115 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of 6 months exercise intervention program on hepatic fat fraction in overweight children. Methodology: A total of 160 children, 9-11 years old, will be randomly assigned to control (N=80) or intervention (N=80) groups. Training sessions will include 90 minutes of exercise, comprising warm-up and skill development. The control group will attend a healthy lifestyle education program (2 days/month) and the intervention group an exercise (3 days/week) and healthy lifestyle education (2 days/month) combined program. Before and after the intervention (6 months) hepatic fat fraction, body composition, , and cardiometabolic risk factors will be measured. Furthermore, dietary habits and physical activity, blood pressure and pubertal development will be evaluated before and after the intervention.
Study Details
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Interventions
Exercise group: The intervention program includes an education program promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity (nutritionist), supportive therapy and behavioral advice for the family to improve nutrition and physical activity (psychologist) (2 times/month, for children and parents) and supervised exercise (3 times/week, 90 mins) program for 6 months.