'Be active, eat right' - Lifestyle, growth and health of children aged 4 to 7: Evaluation of an overweight detection protocol ('Signaleringsprotocol Overgewicht') and an overweight prevention protocol ('Overbruggingsplan Overgewicht') in Dutch Youth Health Care among children aged 4 to 7 and their parents in a cluster randomised trial

Erasmus Medical Centre (Netherlands)0 sites7,200 target enrollmentApril 11, 2007

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

April 11, 2007

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Erasmus Medical Centre (Netherlands)

•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.