The Effect of Healthy Nutrition and Yoga Program on Obese Children

Launched by TC ERCIYES UNIVERSITY · Feb 16, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

The prevalence of childhood obesity as a chronic disease is rapidly increasing all over the world, including low- and middle-income countries. Literature highlights that approximately 40.1 million children worldwide are overweight and, at the same time, overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing in almost every country in the world with no signs of slowing down. According to data, it is reported that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children has increased from 4% to 18% in the last 41 years, and the number of obese school-age children has increased from 11 million to 124 mi...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • The child's body mass index is at the 85th percentile and above according to age and gender,
• • Do not have any chronic disease that may cause obesity (diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, etc.).
• • No neurodevelopmental delay,
• • Those who agree to participate in the study after they and their parents are informed in detail about the study will be included in the study.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Children who fall outside the inclusion criteria will not take part in the research.