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BMI Development and Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Children

NCT06097208 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 3000

Last updated 2024-08-07

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Summary

The goal of this observational study is to investigate differences in attained BMI and the proportion of overweight/obesity at school entrance in children who attended kindergartens actively delivering a community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention compared to children who attended usual care kindergartens. Further questions it aims to answer are:

* Explore the prevalence of attainted overweight/obesity in children at six years of age, who attended kindergartens delivering intervention compared with usual care kindergartens.
* Explore the development of obesity, overweight and normal weight in children from three-, four- to six years of age, who attended kindergartens delivering intervention.

Conditions

  • Health Behavior
  • Child Obesity
  • Body Weight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention

The intervention involving measurements of children aged three- to four-years old in kindergartens, parents of the children had the opportunity of individual contact with a community health nurse, and education to kindergartens manager and employees e.g. pedagogues and kitchen staff. as well to parents of children in kindergartens.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2022-12-31

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