Effect of the Nutritional Intervention Program on Body Weight and Selected Cardiometabolic Factors in Children and Adolescents with Excess Body Weight and Dyslipidemia: Study Protocol and Baseline Data

Excess body weight and associated dyslipidemia in children adolescents are the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases young adults. There is a reasonable need to develop an effective lifestyle modification program that includes various dietary therapies. A low-glycemic index (GI) diet may be recommended treatment of obesity. Its use also recognized as diseases, including dyslipidemia. The aim presented nutritional intervention was evaluate effectiveness energy-balanced based on principal recommendation Cardiovascular Health Integrated Lifestyle Diet-2 (CHILD-2) low-GI products (LGI diet) with excess study involved 64 (44 boys 20 girls) aged 8–16 overweight or obesity For 8 weeks, participants followed using two types diets: one low GI, standard therapy diet. During this time, they participated three visits dietitian, during which assessment their current habitual food intake made, anthropometric measurements blood pressure were taken. Patients under care pediatrician who qualified them ordered lipid profile tests. This article presents design, protocol program, baseline data. collected results will used practical recommendations