Healthy and Active Parenting Programme for early Years (HAPPY) - A pilot RCT to evaluate a parenting intervention to prevent childhood obesity in a bi ethnic populatio

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Disease: Paediatrics/ Childhood obesity
Obesity
Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics)

Registration Number: ISRCTN56735429

Lead Sponsor: Bradford Institute for Health Research (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women will be eligible if they are booked in to have their baby at Bradford Royal Infirmary Maternity Unit.
2. All mothers with a BMI >=25 aged over 18 years willing and able to attend sessions at a pre-specified venue near to where they live will be approached.
3. Capability to give consent is assessed by the research midwives and community research administrators at the time of recruitment. This adheres to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 where women are deemed capable of consent unless otherwise demonstrated as per section 30-34

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pre-existing serious physical or mental health disorder
2. Multiple pregnancy or fetal abnormality

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child weight gain<br><br>Potential primary outcomes will be collected to inform which will be most sensitive to change, and will include: <br>1. The proportion of children who cross two centile bands (1.33 SD) for weight age 1 year.<br>2. The proportion of children who cross one centile (0.67SD) for weight at age 1 year<br>3. Weight age and sex adjusted z-score (observable on growth trajectory charts) at one year<br>4. Proportion of children aged 1 with weight > 85th centile

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes will explore the extent to which behaviours targeted in the intervention have been modified. These will be assessed by completing questionnaires at child age 6 and 12 months. <br><br>The outcome measures include:<br>1. Mothers body mass index (BMI)<br>2. Child height and length<br>3. Maternal diet<br>4. Environment (foods in the home)<br>5. Breastfeeding and weaning<br>6. Infant diet, infant feeding styles, infant development<br>7. Maternal and child physical activity, sedentary behaviours and beliefs and health behaviours