Anthropometric Assessment of Abdominal Obesity and Health Risk in Children and Adolescents

Completed

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

Childhood obesity is a major public health issue, and the identification of children who are at increased risk of health problems due to their obesity is a priority for modern health care. Abdominal fat is considered to be the most harmful in the body, and the development of reliable landmarks and procedures for the assessment of intra-abdominal visceral adipose tissue and total body fat in children will have a major impact on 1) the early identification of children at elevated health risk, 2) the proper prioritization of health care resources, and 3) the standardization of obesity surveillance procedures within and between countries.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01595100

Run by

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

People needed

423

Starts

2010-01-01

Expected to finish

2011-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-02-08

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Being between the ages of 5 and 18 years

You may not qualify if…

• Being unwilling or unable to communicate with study staff or provide informed consent
• Having a chronic medical condition or disease that is life threatening or would interfere with the measurements in this study
• Being pregnant

Where it is running

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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