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Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study

NCT00970710 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 185

Last updated 2017-02-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to prevent childhood obesity with early life (pregnancy) intensified counselling. The recruited intervention group is pregnant mothers who are at risk to get gestational diabetes. Lifestyle intervention (nutritional and physical activity) begins during pregnancy in maternity clinics and continues in child wellfare clinics until the child is 5 years of age.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity Pevention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study

Intensified counselling concerning healthy diet and suitable physical activity during pregnancy to mothers in the intervention group continuing in child health care clinic visits with the offspring until child's age of 5 year.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Foundation for Paediatric Research, Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Vaasa Health care center

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Seinajoki Central Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tampere University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tampere University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Taina E. Mustila, M.D. Ph.D. · Seinajoki Central Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-01
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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