Evaluation of a after-school childhood obesity prevention program.

A non-randomised obesity prevention trial in children aged 5-12 years to evaluate the effectiveness of an after-school cooking club on child Body Mass Index (BMI).

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000692033

Enrollment

Registered

2010-08-20

Start date

2010-07-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Our project objective is to evaluate a program that will engage children and their parents to adopt positive behaviours relating to healthy eating. The intervention is a family focussed approach to be implemented in an after-school setting. We will evaluate its effectiveness as a childhood obesity prevention program for children.

Interventions

A modified version of a previous weight management program known as the Hunter Illawarra Kids Challenge Using Parental Support (HIKCUPS) contextualised for a low socio-economic target group combined with a cooking club. The program is now named the Back to Basics Cooking Club and Healthy Lifestyle Program. The intervention is based on Social Cognitive Theory that includes: i) Five fortnightly, face-to-face group cooking sessions for children 90 minutes in duration over 3 months (one school term). The cooking sessions are facilitated by an experienced education professional. ii) A group parent and child component facilitated by the investigator for the final 20minutes of each session. This component involves nutrition education and behavioural skills development for parents. Each parent will be encouraged to taste and discuss elements of the meal prepared by their child. Topics covered in this component include: Benefits of healthy eating Food label reading Goal setting and monitoring

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

5 Years to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Children age 5-12 years attending a specific school in the Hunter Region and their parent/s.

Exclusion criteria

None.

Outcome results