‘Be active, eat right’, Lifestyle, growth and health of children aged 4 to 7
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Prevention, Obesity, Overweight, Children, Youth-Health-Care, Effectiveness, Efficiency (in Dutch: Preventie, Obesitas, Overgewicht, Kinderen, Jeugdgezondheidszorg, Effectiviteit, Efficientie)
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25821
- Lead Sponsor
- dr. H. Raat, Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam, Afdeling Maatschappelijke Gezondheidszorg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 7200
Inclusion Criteria
The study population consists of all children and their parents who will be invited for a preventive health check by the 44 participating YHC-teams of the 9 participating Municipal Health Services in the Netherlands, during the second year of elementary school during school year 2007/2008.
Exclusion Criteria
For the prevention protocol and the questionnaires used in the study the parents should have basic Dutch language skills.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Regarding the evaluation of the prevention protocol: <br /><br>1. Body Mass Index (BMI) <br /><br>2. Waist circumference<br /><br><br>Regarding the evaluation of the detection protocol:<br /><br>1. Labels normal weight, overweight and obesity according to the detection protocol<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Regarding the evaluation of the prevention protocol:<br /><br>1. Levels of the four target overweight reducing and inducing behaviours, i.e. being physically active, eating breakfast daily, drinking sweet beverages and watching TV or playing on a computer<br /><br>2. Health-related quality of life <br /><br>3. Attitudes of parents regarding the four target behaviours mentioned by 1.<br /><br>4. Absence or presence of indicators of negative side effects, i.e. worry, stigmatisation, lowered self-esteem and development of relative underweight.<br><br /><br>Regarding the evaluation of the detection protocol: <br /><br>1. Sensitivity and specificity of the labels normal weight, overweight and obesity according to the detection protocol. <br>