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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12608000056392
ACTRN12608000056392
Completed
N/A

Primary prevention of childhood overweight : An RCT to evaluate the efficacy of a parent education and peer support program for first time mothers of infants 4-7 months at enrolment that provides anticipatory guideance designed to promote early feeding practices that improve early maternal and child feeding behaviours and child food preferences and intakes to support healthy growth at 2 years of age.

Queensland University of Technology0 sites830 target enrollmentJanuary 29, 2008

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Queensland University of Technology
Enrollment
830
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 29, 2008
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Female

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Infants: born healthy, \>37 weeks, \<2500g
  • Mothers: first time (primiparous), \>18years, willing and able to attend sessions at designated metropolitan child health clinics and facility with English.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Infant: any diagnosed congenital abnormality or chronic condition likely to influence normal development, including feeding behaviour. Mothers: eligible/enrolled in an intensive home\-visiting program; maternal self\-reported eating or psychiatric disorders/mental health problems. In addition, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10\) will be used to screen for psychiatric morbidity.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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