BMI Development and Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Children

NCT06097208 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Healthy weight in kindergarten
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 3,000
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to investigate differences in attained BMI and the proportion of overweight/obesity at school entrance in children who attended kindergartens actively delivering a community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention compared to children who attended usual care kindergartens. Further questions it aims to answer are:

• Explore the prevalence of attainted overweight/obesity in children at six years of age, who attended kindergartens delivering intervention compared with usual care kindergartens.
• Explore the development of obesity, overweight and normal weight in children from three-, four- to six years of age, who attended kindergartens delivering intervention.

Conditions

Health Behavior; Child Obesity; Body Weight

Keywords

Obesity; Body Mass Index; Children; Kindergarten

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• BMI after school entrance at 6 years of age

  Differences in attained BMI after school entrance will be defined as weight and height combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2 for sex and age.

  2018-2023

• Proportion of children with overweight/obesity at 6 years of age

  The proportion of overweight/obesity after school entrance will be defined as weight and height combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2 for sex and age. The proportion of overweight/obesity will be defined as BMIz≥1

  2018-2023

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

Children who attended kindergartens actively delivering a community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention

Behavioral: community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention

No-intervention Group

Children who attended usual care kindergartens

Interventions

community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention BEHAVIORAL

The intervention involving measurements of children aged three- to four-years old in kindergartens, parents of the children had the opportunity of individual contact with a community health nurse, and education to kindergartens manager and employees e.g. pedagogues and kitchen staff. as well to parents of children in kindergartens.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 7 Years
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The present study is based on data from a total of approximately 3000 children (six-year-olds) at school entrance in the period 2021-2022, of whom approximately 2000 children attended the community-based health promotion and obesity prevention intervention in kindergartens (intervention group), from Viborg Municipality, and approximately 1000 children attended usual care kindergarten (no-intervention group), from Skive Municipality, both municipalities located in The Central Denmark Region. Further, a subset of approximately 700 children from the intervention group have been measured with height and weight in kindergartens (three- to four-year-olds).

You may qualify if:

• All children with eligible information on one measure of BMI after school entrance

You may not qualify if:

• \<7 years of age

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Aarhus: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior; Pediatric Obesity; Body Weight; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 3, 2023
• First Posted: October 24, 2023
• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2022
• Study Completion: December 1, 2022
• Last Updated: August 7, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08