Healthy and Active Parenting Programme for early Years (HAPPY) - A pilot RCT to evaluate a parenting intervention to prevent childhood obesity in a bi ethnic population

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN56735429

Enrollment

120

Registered

2013-05-17

Start date

2012-03-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes

Interventions

60 participants will be randomised to the receive the intervention and 60 to the control (routine care). The HAPPY trial intervention consists of 12 sessions delivered by trained facilitators (six a

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women will be eligible if they are booked in to have their baby at Bradford Royal Infirmary Maternity Unit. 2. All mothers with a BMI >=25 aged over 18 years willing and able to attend sessions at a pre-specified venue near to where they live will be approached. 3. Capability to give consent is assessed by the research midwives and community research administrators at the time of recruitment. This adheres to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 where women are deemed capable of consent unless otherwise demonstrated as per section 30-34

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pre-existing serious physical or mental health disorder 2. Multiple pregnancy or fetal abnormality

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Child weight gain Potential primary outcomes will be collected to inform which will be most sensitive to change, and will include: 1. The proportion of children who cross two centile bands (1.33 SD) for weight age 1 year. 2. The proportion of children who cross one centile (0.67SD) for weight at age 1 year 3. Weight age and sex adjusted z-score (observable on growth trajectory charts) at one year 4. Proportion of children aged 1 with weight > 85th centile	—

Measure

Time frame

Child weight gain Potential primary outcomes will be collected to inform which will be most sensitive to change, and will include: 1. The proportion of children who cross two centile bands (1.33 SD) for weight age 1 year. 2. The proportion of children who cross one centile (0.67SD) for weight at age 1 year 3. Weight age and sex adjusted z-score (observable on growth trajectory charts) at one year 4. Proportion of children aged 1 with weight > 85th centile

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcomes will explore the extent to which behaviours targeted in the intervention have been modified. These will be assessed by completing questionnaires at child age 6 and 12 months. The outcome measures include: 1. Mothers body mass index (BMI) 2. Child height and length 3. Maternal diet 4. Environment (foods in the home) 5. Breastfeeding and weaning 6. Infant diet, infant feeding styles, infant development 7. Maternal and child physical activity, sedentary behaviours and beliefs and health behaviours	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcomes will explore the extent to which behaviours targeted in the intervention have been modified. These will be assessed by completing questionnaires at child age 6 and 12 months. The outcome measures include: 1. Mothers body mass index (BMI) 2. Child height and length 3. Maternal diet 4. Environment (foods in the home) 5. Breastfeeding and weaning 6. Infant diet, infant feeding styles, infant development 7. Maternal and child physical activity, sedentary behaviours and beliefs and health behaviours

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026