After-School to Pre-Sleep Energy Restriction for obesity in primary school children in grades 3–6: protocol for a parallel, randomized controlled trial
Xuemei Xie, Ying Lv, Xiyi Li, Yu He, Li Li, Xiuping Xuan, Xian Liu, Haiyan Yang, Xinghuan Liang · 2026
Read After-School to Pre-Sleep Energy Restriction for obesity in primary school children in grades 3–6: protocol for a parallel, randomized controlled trial by Xuemei Xie, Ying Lv, Xiyi Li, Yu He, Li Li, Xiuping Xuan, Xian Liu, Haiyan Yang, Xinghuan Liang (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13371454.txt.
Description
Evening snacking loads children with calories they do not need, and Xuemei Xie and co-authors will test a diet that targets just those hours. Their 2026 trial protocol enrolls 164 children with obesity from grades three to six in China. Half will restrict energy intake from after school until bedtime; the other half gets standard diet advice.
The trial runs 24 weeks, with a strict first half and a looser maintenance half. The main yardstick is change in a body-mass score at week 12, with body makeup, heart risk markers, and behavior tracked as well. Safety events are also compared between groups. The protocol was registered before enrollment began, and guardians consent for each child.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xuemei Xie, Ying Lv, Xiyi Li, Yu He, Li Li, Xiuping Xuan, Xian Liu, Haiyan Yang, Xinghuan Liang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |