The Halland Obesity Municipal Effort for Children

NCT ID: NCT05254938

Last Updated: 2025-06-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 141 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-31

Brief Summary

A retrospective study to investigate the method called The Halland Obesity Municipal Effort for children. All children participating in the intervention since the start of this specific method will be eligible for inclusion. The aims are to describe participants and the method-specific activities they are participating in, as well as the effect on their health and school grades.

Detailed Description

This method involves the entire municipal community in Laholm and Kungsbacka (two cities in Sweden): Pediatric care unit, Child Psychiatry, Social services, School healthcare, private companies, and local sports clubs. The model includes group activities and individual activities and offer 15 different health promoting and free activities per week.

All activities are modified and take place in a safe environment. The activities range from golf, riding, gym training, swimming, fishing, art classes, karate, dance classes, and the possibility for the child to get a grade in Physical Education through a specific collaboration with the local schools in the municipality.

The children are given a fruit at each activity and cooking classes are frequently given. The municipal activity coordinator who is responsible uses different methods such as KASAM, Health Action Model and Empowerment to help each child develop skills in self-monitoring, goal setting, problem solving, contingent reward systems, and stimulus control. Parents are given a specific support program called COPE, Community Parent Education. Some activities include the whole family.

In addition to the weekly activities, the activities are also always given on school holidays and weekends when children are known to be less active.

This study will investigate this method by focusing on BMI, metabolic control, blood pressure, level of physical activity, age, sex, the existence of comorbidities, presence of neurodevelopmental disorders, school related issues, involvement of social services, need of grades in Physical Education and help to learn how to swim, which activities the children were undertaking as well as the frequency of participation. The proportion of children achieving full 12 years of education will also be investigated.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity; Physical Inactivity; Physical Activity; BMI; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Hypertension

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

The Halland Obesity Municipal Effort for children

A comprehensive, intensive lifestyle intervention for the children with the greatest need of intensive treatment.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients involved in the HOME project since the start. Children that have been offered this intense intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Region Halland

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Göteborg University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Josefine Roswall, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Region Halland

Locations

Lovisa Sjögren

Särö, , Sweden

Countries

Sweden

Other Identifiers

4294300

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id