Lifestyle Intervention for Toddlers Pilot Study

NCT ID: NCT01204489

Last Updated: 2012-06-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

148 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-09-30

Study Completion Date

2012-05-31

Brief Summary

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Study aims to pilot a family-centred tailored nutrition intervention at child welfare clinics, targeting the previously observed dietary defaults of Finnish children.

Detailed Description

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Eating habits can predict diet-related health problems and obesity. The defaults observed previously in the diet of Finnish children include low consumption of vegetables, fruits and vegetable oil-based fats, high consumption of sucrose, poor quality of drinks and low frequency of family meals. Child welfare clinic is the place to promote healthy lifestyles because most Finnish families visit there at regular intervals.

Conditions

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Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intensified dietary counseling

The dietary intervention consists of tailored dietary counseling, information leaflets and self-evaluation cards given to the families.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Intensified dietary counseling at child wellfare clinics.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is completed by public health nurses who receive updating education in nutrition. A special training in a family-centred lifestyle counseling method in implemented. The nutrition intervention consists of tailored dietary counseling, information leaflets and self-evaluation card given to the families in the intervention arm. In the control clinics, public health nurses continue their usual dietary counseling.

Normal dietary counseling

Public health nurses continue their usual dietary counseling.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Intensified dietary counseling at child wellfare clinics.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is completed by public health nurses who receive updating education in nutrition. A special training in a family-centred lifestyle counseling method in implemented. The nutrition intervention consists of tailored dietary counseling, information leaflets and self-evaluation card given to the families in the intervention arm. In the control clinics, public health nurses continue their usual dietary counseling.

Interventions

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Intensified dietary counseling at child wellfare clinics.

The intervention is completed by public health nurses who receive updating education in nutrition. A special training in a family-centred lifestyle counseling method in implemented. The nutrition intervention consists of tailored dietary counseling, information leaflets and self-evaluation card given to the families in the intervention arm. In the control clinics, public health nurses continue their usual dietary counseling.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* all families at their child's standard 6-month child welfare clinic visit

Exclusion Criteria

* families with twins
* families who do not speak Finnish
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Tampere University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Helsinki

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Finnish Hearth Association

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Finnish Food Information

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Suvi M Virtanen, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Head of the Nutrition Unit, professor

Locations

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Child welfare clinics

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

Other Identifiers

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THL 10109

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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