Empowering Parents to Prevent Obesity at Weaning

Completed

Conditions: Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes, Primary Care Research Network for England
Subtopic: Not Assigned, Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics)
Disease: All Diseases, Public Health Research
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Obesity

Registration Number: ISRCTN05847845

Lead Sponsor: Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women with a pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) of greater than or equal to 35 kg/m^2
2. Aged 16 years or over
3. Able to understand and communicate in English
4. Live within the Primary Care Trusts (PCT) area recruiting for the study (namely Leeds PCT and Heart of Birmingham PCT)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Obesity has a medical cause
2. Develop pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes during their pregnancy
3. Baby is born with any birth defects
4. Infant is on the child protection register
5. The woman has learning difficulties and is unable to fully understand the requirements of the study, or the woman's comprehension of English is insufficient to enable her to fully understand the study requirements

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Recruitment rate and acceptability of randomisation<br>2. Acceptability of the trial methodology<br><br>Data collection periods are at baseline (when the infant is 4 - 6 weeks old), when the infant is 9 months old, and again at 18 months of age. The primary outcomes will be assessed quantitatively at recruitment as well as qualitatively at the end of the trial.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Infant outcomes:<br>1. Infant weight gain on scales<br>2. Infant diet: diet and eating behaviour questionnaire<br>3. Eating pattern<br><br>Parental outcomes:<br>1. Maternal weight and body mass index (BMI)<br>2. Maternal and family diet: food frequency questionnaire<br><br>Data collection periods are at baseline (when the infant is 4 - 6 weeks old), when the infant is 9 months old, and again at 18 months of age. The secondary outcomes will be analysed against baseline at the two timepoints mentioned above.