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The Activity School in Finnmark for Overweight Children

NCT00872807 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 97

Last updated 2014-12-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a life style counseling programme designed for overweight and obese children and their parents in groups compared to traditional individual counseling in the pediatric outpatient clinic and the community. The two interventions are both hospital and community based.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle counseling in groups

The activity school in Finnmark. Lifestyle counseling (physical activity and dietary modification) in groups both at the hospital and in their own municipality. They meet a multidisciplinary team, receive organized physical activity in the municipality and are invited to a 3 days camp after 4-6 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Individual intervention

Conventional lifestyle counseling individually by single health professionals, both in hospital and in municipality.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Finnmark Hospital Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian Directorate of Health

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University Hospital of North Norway

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Trond Flægstad, Professor · UNorth Norway

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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