'Be active, eat right' - Lifestyle, growth and health of children aged 4 to 7
- Conditions
- Youth Health Care and prevention of obesity in childrenNutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineObesity in children
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN04965410
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Centre (Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 7200
Current inclusion criteria as of 24/07/2008:
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.
Previous inclusion criteria:
All children in the second year of elementary school who are invited by the municipal health services to visit the YHC-team will be included in the study.
Current exclusion criteria as of 30/07/2008:
For the prevention protocol and the questionnaires used in the study, parents without basic Dutch language skills will be excluded.
Previous exclusion criteria:
In the study questionnaires and counselling will be used. Therefore it is necessary that parents are able to understand and communicate in Dutch. Furthermore it is possible that in some cases of children and parents who visit the YHC-teams, weight and potential overweight are not high priority factors and other factors are more important to discuss and pay attention to.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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