Romp & Chomp: A community-based intervention program to promote healthy eating and physical activity in under 5s in the City of Greater Geelong

A study in pre-school children of multiple strategies to increase the community's capacity to promote healthy eating and physical activity compared to no specific interventions on the prevalence of overweight and obesity

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000374460

Enrollment

36000

Registered

2007-07-16

Start date

2005-04-05

Completion date

2008-01-01

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

A Multi-strategy intervention program in Geelong aims to promote healthy eating and physical activity and reduce overweight and obesity in pre-school children compared children across the rest of Victoria.

Interventions

Intervention: Multiple strategies over 3 years (2005-2008) to increase community capacity to increase healthy eating and physical activity in pre-school children. Examples of strategies include food policies in child care settings, active play programs, social marketing, promotion of water, training of early childhood professionals, and parent education.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

2 Years to 4 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion for anthropometry: All children attending Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Key Age and Stages visits for 2 and 3.5 years Inclusion for behaviours: Parents attending MCH 2 and 3.5 year Age and Stage visits within the data collection time period. Inclusions for Settings audits: Kindergartens, long daycare, family daycare settings in the intervention and comparison areas.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion for anthropometry: participants with missing data and outlying data indicating data entry errors. Exclusions for audits: nil

Outcome results