The BeeBOFT Study.

Primary prevention of overweight in preschool children; a cluster randomized Youth Health Care Trial.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON26981

Enrollment

3000

Registered

2009-05-25

Start date

2008-05-01

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

Overweight, Obesity, Prevention, Youth Health Care, Preschool Children, tailored advice, E-health, Parenting style. Child rearing issues.

Interventions

In this study we will evaluate the effects of 2 distinct primary prevention strategies regarding overweight in preventive Youth Health Care (YHC) for preschool children (Jeugdgezondheidszorg 0-4 jarig

2. The ‘Healthy toddler' intervention with - as primary starting point - a focus on behaviors related to overweight using E-health in combination with face-to-face counseling and motivational intervie

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study population consists of all newborn children and their parents who will be visited in the fist weeks after birth by one of the nurses of the 45 participating YHC-teams of the 10 participating Youth Health Care centers in the Netherlands (year 2009/2010).

Exclusion criteria

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. BMI (weight/height2) according to standardized procedures during scheduled YHC visits; waist circumference; 2. Energy balance-related behaviors: Exercise and outdoor playing, having an appropriate family breakfast daily, sugar sweetened drinks consumption, and TV viewing, measured by parental questionnaires; 3. Additionally: Proportion of overweight children based on internationally accepted gender and age-specific cut-off values.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. BMI (weight/height2) according to standardized procedures during scheduled YHC visits; waist circumference; 2. Energy balance-related behaviors: Exercise and outdoor playing, having an appropriate family breakfast daily, sugar sweetened drinks consumption, and TV viewing, measured by parental questionnaires; 3. Additionally: Proportion of overweight children based on internationally accepted gender and age-specific cut-off values.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Attitudes, motivation and perceived control of parents regarding the four energy balance-related (‘BOFT’) behaviors; 2. General parenting styles and parental practices and rules. These will be measured by Child rearing questionnaire for parents; Parenting style (PS) ; Parenting practices and rules (PP); 3. Child’s health and well-being: Infant Toddler Quality of Life questionnaire (ITQOL), brief-Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA).	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Attitudes, motivation and perceived control of parents regarding the four energy balance-related (‘BOFT’) behaviors; 2. General parenting styles and parental practices and rules. These will be measured by Child rearing questionnaire for parents; Parenting style (PS) ; Parenting practices and rules (PP); 3. Child’s health and well-being: Infant Toddler Quality of Life questionnaire (ITQOL), brief-Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA).

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Contacts

Public ContactM. Struijk

m.struijk@erasmusmc.nl

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)