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Influence of a Lifestyle Intervention in Preschool Children on Physiological and Psychological Parameters

NCT00674544 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 650

Last updated 2011-01-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Childhood obesity and low fitness tracks into adulthood and carries significant co-morbidities. The investigators test the hypothesis that a multidisciplinary multilevel lifestyle intervention in preschool children in the French and German speaking part of Switzerland during one school-year results in a smaller increase in body mass index (BMI) and a larger increase in aerobic fitness.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle intervention

Kindergarten and homebased increases in physical activity, healthy nutrition, sleep duration and decrease in media use: Involvement of parents and siblings

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Basel

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Lausanne Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jardena J Puder, MD · University of Lausanne

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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