Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
infant, kindergarten, obesity, adiposity
Brief summary
Behavioral intervention at Kindergarten setting aiming at increased fruit and vegetable consumption, decreased intake of high energy foods, snacks, sweets, increased intake of water/low energy drinks, decreased intake of high energy drinks. Physical activity should be more than 1 hour/day and TV/media consumption less than 1 hour/day. Main questions are: Do children differ in intervention and control kindergartens according to their nutrition behaviour? Do children in the intervention kindergartens have a higher physical training than such in the control kindergartens? Data were collected with a standardised questionnaire. Do children differ in intervention and control kindergartens according to their body mass index?
Detailed description
The program is based on actual cognitions and methods of the early education science. In the initial phase study part I (2003-2006) we will study over three years in 75 kindergartens of four administrative districts in Bavaria, Germany: Bamberg, Günzburg, Ingolstadt and Schwandorf. The objective of the study part II is to evaluate the effects of the TigerKids intervention program on overweight prevalence in childhood. Data concerning BMI, nutrition behavior and physical activity are assessed both at baseline (September/October 2007) and after 10 months intervention in \> 450 control- and intervention-kindergartens in Bavaria.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALattitude change
TigerKids: setting based prevention program to reduce obesity risk factors in children
BEHAVIORALadiposity prevention program
The behavioral intervention aimed at modifying physical activity and food and drink choices at the kindergarten setting
Sponsors
Child Health Foundation
Bavarian State Ministry of Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection
Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL)
Institute for Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Munich
State Institute of Early Childhood Research, Munich
AOK.Die Gesundheitskasse
Research Centre for Physical Education and Sports of Children and Adolescents, Karlsruhe
Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 7 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* infant of intervention- or control-kindergarten
Exclusion criteria
* absence of parenteral consent to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Body mass index | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| nutrition behavior | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| physical activity | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
Outcome results
None listed