BMI Development and Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Children

Completed

• Conditions: Health Behavior; Body Weight; Child Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention

• Registration Number: NCT06097208
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-12
• Study Completion: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-23
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-24
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• <7 years of age

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention Group	community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention	Children who attended kindergartens actively delivering a community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
BMI after school entrance at 6 years of age	2018-2023	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.
Proportion of children with overweight/obesity at 6 years of age	2018-2023	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