The Infant Feeding Activity and Nutrition Trial (INFANT) an early intervention to prevent childhood obesity: cluster-randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health promotion for infants and families in the area of obesity, nutrition and sedentary behaviour.; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Obesity

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81847050
• Lead Sponsor: ational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)

Brief Summary

2008 Protocol article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18373877 protocol 2010 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20679302 results 2011 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21515115 results 2012 Results article in http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-0080.2012.01584.x/abstract results 2012 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22040598 results 2012 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22543738 results 2013 Protocol article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23117076 follow-up protocol 2013 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460688 results 2014 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24201090 results 2014 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25366542 results 2019 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30674450 internet use results (added 25/01/2019) 2019 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31829267 results (added 13/12/2019) 2019 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30308224 Contributed data to results (added 03/03/2020) 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32711523/ long-term results (added 28/07/2020) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33839065/ (added 13/04/2021) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34658152/ (added 28/03/2022) 2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37111151/ (added 28/04/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2008-01-07
• Study Completion: 2014-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 8 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 510

Inclusion Criteria

Participation in this study would require participants to be a member of a 'first-time parents group'. More specifically, participation entails being a parent for the first time and regularly attending a first-time parents group which is linked to a Maternal and Child Health Centres (MCHC) within a randomly selected recruited Local Government Areas (LGA). Parents will also be eligible to participate if they are able to freely give informed consent and can communicate in English.

Exclusion Criteria

Parents will be excluded from the study if:
1. They are unable to give informed consent
2. They are unable to communicate in English

Infants with chronic health problems that are likely to influence height, weight, levels of physical activity or eating habits will be excluded from analyses, but will be permitted to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified