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Lifestyle intervention in children with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Ningbo city (the SCIENT study).

Ping-Ping Zhang, You-Xin Wang, Fang-Jing Shen, Yun-Fei Xing, Jia-Ying Gu, Xue-Ying Li, Han Jin, Shi-Feng Jin, Miao Xu, Hai-Jun Wang and 2 more

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Article in Trials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05482191 (Healthy Weight Management Project for Overweight and Obesity Children in Ningbo City), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05482191 naactive not recruitingnot on this map

Healthy Weight Management Project for Overweight and Obesity Children in Ningbo City

TypeinterventionalSponsorNingbo No. 1 HospitalRan2022 to 2025Enrolled331ConditionsObesityArmsLifestyle intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Research Advancements in Gastric Capacity Intervention for Childhood and Adolescent Obesity].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ping-Ping Zhang *Ningbo Center for Healthy Lifestyle Research, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315000, China.
You-Xin Wang *Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Fang-Jing ShenDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315000, China.
Yun-Fei XingDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Jia-Ying GuNingbo Center for Healthy Lifestyle Research, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315000, China.
Xue-Ying LiDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Han JinDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315000, China.
Shi-Feng JinDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Miao XuDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315000, China.
Hai-Jun WangDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Hui WangDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. huiwang@bjmu.edu.cn.
Li LiDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315000, China. lilyningbo@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-3544
Ningbo University · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

The Cyrus Tang Foundation for Young Scholar 2022 2022-B126The Major Science and Technology Projects for Health of Zhejiang Province WKJ-ZJ-2216
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe increasing prevalence of childhood obesity has become an urgent public health problem, evidence showed that intervention for childhood obesity bring enormous health benefits. However, an effective individualized intervention strategy remains to be developed, and the accompanying remission of related complications, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), needs to be assessed. This study aimed to develop an m-Health-assisted lifestyle intervention program targeting overweight/obese children and assess its effectiveness on indicators of adiposity and NAFLD.

methodsThis is a cluster-randomized controlled trial that conducted in children with overweight/obesity in Ningbo city, Zhejiang Province, China. Students in Grade 3 (8-10 years old) were recruited from six primary schools, with three be randomized to intervention group and three to usual practice group. The intervention program will last for one academic year and consists of health education, dietary guidance, and physical activity reinforcement. This program is characterized by encouraging four stakeholders, including School, Clinic, famIly, and studENT (SCIENT), to participate in controlling childhood obesity, assisted by m-Health technology. Assessments will be conducted at baseline and 3 months, 9 months, 24 months, and 36 months after baseline. The primary outcome will be the differences between the two groups in students' body mass index and fatty liver index at the end of the intervention (9 months after baseline). During the implementation process, quality control methods will be adopted. DISCUSSION: The program will test the effectiveness of the m-Health-assisted lifestyle intervention on children with obesity and NAFLD. The results of this study will provide evidence for establishing effective lifestyle intervention strategy aimed at childhood obesity and NAFLD and may help develop guidelines for the treatment of obesity and NAFLD in Chinese children.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT05482191. Registered on July 2022.

Indexed as

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePediatric ObesityBody Mass IndexChildHumansLife StyleOverweightRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicChildrenLifestyle interventionM-HealthNAFLDObesity

Identifiers

PMID38504343
PMCPMC10953067
OpenAlexW4393022031

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