Healthy Eating and Activity through Positive Parenting - the HELPP trial

A randomised phase IV study to evaluate the effectiveness of a parent-led family focussed lifestyle intervention on BMI z score in overweight children

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000119594

Acronym

HELPP

Enrollment

126

Registered

2006-04-04

Start date

2002-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study evaluates the use of parenting skills training with or without nutrition and activity education during parent-led family child weight management

Interventions

Parenting skills training alone (6 month intervention); Parenting skills training with intensive lifestyle education (6 month intervention)

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Factorial

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Years to 9 Years

Healthy volunteers

Outcome results