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Lifestyle Intervention for Toddlers Pilot Study

NCT01204489 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 148

Last updated 2012-06-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Study aims to pilot a family-centred tailored nutrition intervention at child welfare clinics, targeting the previously observed dietary defaults of Finnish children.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intensified dietary counseling at child wellfare clinics.

The intervention is completed by public health nurses who receive updating education in nutrition. A special training in a family-centred lifestyle counseling method in implemented. The nutrition intervention consists of tailored dietary counseling, information leaflets and self-evaluation card given to the families in the intervention arm. In the control clinics, public health nurses continue their usual dietary counseling.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Helsinki

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Finnish Hearth Association

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The Finnish Food Information

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Suvi M Virtanen, Professor · Head of the Nutrition Unit, professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
6 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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