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FOR HEALTH: A Family-oriented Healthy Eating, Activity and Lifestyle Intervention for Overweight Preschool Children

NCT01698606 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2019-05-29

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Summary

In this 3-phase study, following an initial small-scale (phase 1) feasibility trial, the aim of phase 2 of the project is to investigate whether a community-based, 12-month intervention for overweight and obese preschool children 2-6 years of age and their families will be effective in reducing the participants' degree of overweight (BMI z-score) and in improving quality of life.

In the final phase (phase 3), participating children will be randomized to either receiving a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention during the first 6 months (treatment arm), or 6 months later (control or wait list arm), in order to generate more robust effectiveness data. Participants will receive an additional free 6-month YMCA membership while participating in the study.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Multidisciplinary, family-centered lifestyle intervention with behavioral counseling

Parent/caregiver education with skill training and practical activities revolving around healthy dietary choices, establishing an active versus a sedentary lifestyle, and behavioral aspects, while children will be engaged in active play.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dirk E. Bock, M.D. · University of Western Ontario, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2019-04-15
Completion
2019-04-15

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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