Toybox Study Malaysia: improving healthy energy balance behaviours in pre-schoolers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16593038
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Roehampton

Brief Summary

2019 Other publications in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783477 FFQ development (added 30/01/2020) 2022 Interim results article in https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01290-2 Perspectives of teachers and parents (added 05/10/2022) 2023 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37623197/ Adaptation of the intervention for online use (added 29/08/2023) 2023 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37280555/ Process evaluation (added 29/08/2023) 2018 Other publications in https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12340 Rationale (added 29/08/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-06-24
• Study Completion: 2019-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 11 September 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 987

Inclusion Criteria

All children in the participating kindergartens between the age of 3 and 5 years will be invited to participate in the intervention

Exclusion Criteria

Data from children whose parents are unable to provide informed consent will be excluded from the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility assessed using:<br>1. Recruitment of participating kindergartens and families<br>2. Level of retention/drop out<br>3. Acceptability of the intervention and the outcome measures for stakeholders at a stakeholders workshop<br>4. Evaluation of the process of intention and intervention adherence; qualitative interviews and ToyBox questionnaire data

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Food and drink intakes assessed using a food frequency questionnaire pre and post intervention<br>2. Behaviour outcomes assessed using a questionnaire pre and post intervention<br>3. Sedentary behaviour and physical activity assessed using accelerometers pre and post intervention<br>4. Height, weight and waist circumferences measured using standard World Health Organisation anthropometric protocols pre and post intervention