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Prevention of Permanent Obesity in Children

NCT00458224 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2015-06-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In the county of Oppland, Norway, questionnaires addressing physical and mental health and socioeconomic status is issued to all (1960) families who meet for the pre-school assessment at the public health clinics in 2007. Particularly growth, physical activity and diet is addressed.

Families who have children with a BMI \>18.9, which corresponds to BMI\>30, and living in selected municipalities in the county are invited to participate in a 5 year intervention program in order to avoid future overweight conditions in children. Similarly overweight children from the rest of the county serve as controls.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

parental counseling

Group-based family oriented program involving pediatricians, physiotherapists, dieticians, psychologists and nurses with special training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sykehuset Innlandet HF

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Trond Markestad, Md. PhD · Sykehuset Innlandet HF

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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