‘Be active, eat right’, Lifestyle, growth and health of children aged 4 to 7

‘Be active, eat right’, Lifestyle, growth and health of children aged 4 to 7, Evaluation of an overweight detection protocol (‘Signaleringsprotocol Overgewicht’) and an overweight prevention protocol (‘Overbruggingsplan Overgewicht’) in Dutch Youth Health Care among children aged 4 to 7 and their parents in a cluster randomised trial.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON25821

Enrollment

7200

Registered

2007-02-26

Start date

2007-09-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Prevention, Obesity, Overweight, Children, Youth-Health-Care, Effectiveness, Efficiency (in Dutch: Preventie, Obesitas, Overgewicht, Kinderen, Jeugdgezondheidszorg, Effectiviteit, Efficientie)

Interventions

The YHC-teams in both the intervention group and control group will apply the detection protocol and label children as normal weight, overweight or obese. The YHC-teams in the intervention group will

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study population consists of all children and their parents who will be invited for a preventive health check by the 44 participating YHC-teams of the 9 participating Municipal Health Services in the Netherlands, during the second year of elementary school during school year 2007/2008.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For the prevention protocol and the questionnaires used in the study the parents should have basic Dutch language skills.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Regarding the evaluation of the prevention protocol: 1. Body Mass Index (BMI) 2. Waist circumference Regarding the evaluation of the detection protocol: 1. Labels normal weight, overweight and obesity according to the detection protocol	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Regarding the evaluation of the prevention protocol: 1. Levels of the four target overweight reducing and inducing behaviours, i.e. being physically active, eating breakfast daily, drinking sweet beverages and watching TV or playing on a computer 2. Health-related quality of life 3. Attitudes of parents regarding the four target behaviours mentioned by 1. 4. Absence or presence of indicators of negative side effects, i.e. worry, stigmatisation, lowered self-esteem and development of relative underweight. Regarding the evaluation of the detection protocol: 1. Sensitivity and specificity of the labels normal weight, overweight and obesity according to the detection protocol.	—

Measure

Time frame

Regarding the evaluation of the prevention protocol: 1. Levels of the four target overweight reducing and inducing behaviours, i.e. being physically active, eating breakfast daily, drinking sweet beverages and watching TV or playing on a computer 2. Health-related quality of life 3. Attitudes of parents regarding the four target behaviours mentioned by 1. 4. Absence or presence of indicators of negative side effects, i.e. worry, stigmatisation, lowered self-esteem and development of relative underweight. Regarding the evaluation of the detection protocol: 1. Sensitivity and specificity of the labels normal weight, overweight and obesity according to the detection protocol.

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Contacts

Public ContactL. Veldhuis

Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam Afdeling Maatschappelijke Gezondheidszorg Kamer AE-131 Postbus 2040

l.veldhuis@erasmusmc.nl+31 (0)10 7038453

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)