Effectiveness of infant diet and physical activity modifications to prevent rapid weight gain in infants followed up at Teaching Hospital Peradeniya; A Randomized Control Trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Childhood obesity
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow up continuing
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Live newborns of singleton term pregnant mothers attending teaching hospital, Peradeniya
Exclusion Criteria
(1)pre term(<37 weeks of POA) and post term(>42 weeks of POA) deliveries
(2)new born babies with congenital anomalies
(3)new born babies requiring intensive care management
(4)Infants who develop long term medical or surgical conditions that affect standard feeding practice
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Infant weight gain z score < +0.67<br>The infant weight gain z score will be calculated considering weight measurements taken between the birth weight and the weight at one year of age.<br> [Final measurement will be taken at 1 year of age]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber and percentage of infants who achievement of normal weight for length (-1SD to +1SD). [Final measurement will be taken at 1 year of age]<br>Number and percentage of infants who have anthropometric parameters (Weight for age, Length for age, Abdominal circumference and skin fold thickness (SFT) (biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac)) within normal range according to the WHO recommendation at the age of 1 year [ Final measurement will be taken at 1 year of age]<br>