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Childhood Overweight

NCT00916318 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 260

Last updated 2009-06-09

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Summary

To evaluate the effects of a family-based intervention program intended for parents of pre-school children (4-6 y) with overweight and obesity (according to Cole et al), and to investigate if treatment has an effect on metabolic parameters. In a randomised controlled trial evaluate the three separate family based intervention programs and to investigate if treatment has an effect by correlating the parameters described above with BMI, before and after the intervention program.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity
  • Childhood Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Obesity-Children

(A) internet based information and communication tool "Sundabarn.se"(B) psychologist directed seminars with different themes, giving parents tools to implement necessary changes in family-patterns and life style, combined with A, (C) occupational therapist directed group-treatment intended to help parents alter their daily life patterns and, combined with A, (D) control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lund University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Vardalinstitutet The Swedish Institute for Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2015-11-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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