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. 2022 Aug 29;2022(8):CD011677. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011677.pub3

Liu 2019b.

Study name The DECIDE‐Children study
Methods Study design: cluster‐RCT
Participants School type: primary schools; grade 4 (aged 8–10 years) students
Region: China (Beijing, Shanxi, and Xinjiang)
Interventions Number of experimental conditions: 2 intervention and control
Policies, practices or programmes targeted by the intervention
The DECIDE‐Children study aims to develop a school‐based, multi‐faceted childhood obesity prevention programme targeting school children aged 8–10 years in 3 different regions of China and rigorously test its effectiveness in preventing excessive weight gain in Chinese primary school settings.
Implementation strategies
EPOC: audit and feedback
‐ Review of phone app data with follow‐ups for those not complying with protocol.
EPOC: educational materials
‐ Smartphone app.
EPOC: educational meetings
‐ Health education activities for school staff.
Outcomes Outcome relating to the implementation of childcare service policies, practices or programmes
School policies related to obesity prevention and management, which will be collected by the questionnaires in both the intervention and the control groups.
Starting date September 2018
Contact information Hai‐Jun Wang, Peking University
Notes Trial registration: NCT03665857