Lifestyle Intervention for Toddlers Pilot Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Intensified dietary counseling at child wellfare clinics.

• Registration Number: NCT01204489
• Lead Sponsor: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Brief Summary

Study aims to pilot a family-centred tailored nutrition intervention at child welfare clinics, targeting the previously observed dietary defaults of Finnish children.

Detailed Description

Eating habits can predict diet-related health problems and obesity. The defaults observed previously in the diet of Finnish children include low consumption of vegetables, fruits and vegetable oil-based fats, high consumption of sucrose, poor quality of drinks and low frequency of family meals. Child welfare clinic is the place to promote healthy lifestyles because most Finnish families visit there at regular intervals.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-09
• Study First Submitted: 2010-09-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-09-16
• Study First Posted: 2010-09-17
• Status Verified: 2011-06
• Primary Completion: 2012-05
• Study Completion: 2012-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-06-20
• Last Update Posted: 2012-06-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 148

Inclusion Criteria

• all families at their child's standard 6-month child welfare clinic visit

Exclusion Criteria

• families with twins
• families who do not speak Finnish

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intensified dietary counseling	Intensified dietary counseling at child wellfare clinics.	The dietary intervention consists of tailored dietary counseling, information leaflets and self-evaluation cards given to the families.
Normal dietary counseling	Intensified dietary counseling at child wellfare clinics.	Public health nurses continue their usual dietary counseling.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To promote child's and family's healthy diet	8 months	Changes in family's dietary choices, knowledge and attitudes. Also changes in parent's motivation and self-efficiency to improve family's diet.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Child welfare clinics; 🇫🇮 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland