BMI Development and Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Children

Health Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

BMI Development and Risk of Overweight and Obesity When Attending a Community-based Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention Intervention in Kindergartens

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06097208
• Other study ID #: Healthy weight in kindergarten
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2022

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: University of Aarhus
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 3000
• Est. completion date: December 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 2022
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Years to 7 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children with eligible information on one measure of BMI after school entrance

Exclusion Criteria:

• <7 years of age

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight
• Child Obesity
• Health Behavior
• Obesity
• Overweight
• Pediatric Obesity

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Aarhus

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	BMI after school entrance at 6 years of age	Differences in attained BMI after school entrance will be defined as weight and height combined to report BMI in kg/m^2 for sex and age.	2018-2023
Primary	Proportion of children with overweight/obesity at 6 years of age	The proportion of overweight/obesity after school entrance will be defined as weight and height combined to report BMI in kg/m^2 for sex and age. The proportion of overweight/obesity will be defined as BMIz=1	2018-2023