Early Stockholm Obesity Prevention Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Overweight
• Interventions: Behavioral: Dietary, physical activity and sleeping

• Registration Number: NCT01198847
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

To study whether a targeted intervention can prevent the development of overweight and obesity among pre-school children in families with either one obese or two overweight parents.

Detailed Description

Early STOPP project wants to promote good health in children from early age by supporting good habits for the whole family. Our aim is to see if we can prevent overweight and obesity in children in families where parents are overweight or obese. Normal weight parents will also be needed in this study.

Background Life is in constant change and affects our habits. In many ways this is positive but it also contributes to less favorable health factors. For example, take the car instead of cycling, take the lift instead of the stairs. This makes us less active in everyday life. Individuals also eat more unhealthy foods in larger portions. In combination with genetics, social in heritage and surrounding factors this contributes to increase overweight and obesity among children not only in adults but also in children.

Good treatment methods for childhood obesity are lacking, making prevention very important. The earlier good habits are introduced to a child the better it is.

In Early STOPP project we study food, physical activity and sleep habits in the families with a little child. The height, weight, waist circumference and blood pressure will be recorded in both child and parents. The parents will answer questionnaires about food, physical activity and sleeping habits for both the child and themselves. During the study, the child's physical activity will be measured.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Study First Submitted: 2010-09-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-09-09
• Study First Posted: 2010-09-10
• Primary Completion: 2014-01
• Study Completion: 2019-03
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-12
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 195

Inclusion Criteria

• one obese or two overweight parents, 1 year old child

Exclusion Criteria

• weight effecting diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Low intensity arm	Dietary, physical activity and sleeping	Written information about a healthy lifestyle
High intensity arm	Dietary, physical activity and sleeping	Lifestyle support (PA, sleep, food intake) using MI

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body Mass Index score(BMI sds) at the age 6 years to monitor the effectiveness of the intervention	5 years	Weight gain, reflected in BMI sds will reflect if the intervention has been successful

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
sleeping behavior	5 years	sleeping duration will be monitored to study its effect on intervention
socioeconomic factors	5 years	factors effecting obesity development will be assessed in order to understand their impact on intervention
biomarkers	5 years	such as bacterial population in feces, markers in blood and in saliva
dietary intake	5 years	changes in dietary habits and behaviour will be monitored
physical activity and sedentary behaviour	5 years	physical activity and sedentary behavious will be monitored during the intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Karolinska Institutet; 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stcokholm, Sweden