Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study

Tampere University185 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to prevent childhood obesity with early life (pregnancy) intensified counselling. The recruited intervention group is pregnant mothers who are at risk to get gestational diabetes. Lifestyle intervention (nutritional and physical activity) begins during pregnancy in maternity clinics and continues in child wellfare clinics until the child is 5 years of age.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

185

Conditions

Childhood Obesity Pevention

Interventions

Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention StudyBEHAVIORAL

Intensified counselling concerning healthy diet and suitable physical activity during pregnancy to mothers in the intervention group continuing in child health care clinic visits with the offspring until child's age of 5 year.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 6 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women who are at risk to get gestational diabetes. Exclusion Criteria: * Foreigner with language problems * Major psychosocial problems * Diabetes mellitus type I or II * Physical disability, * Major medical problems in pregnancy

Locations (1)

Health care center in Vaasa

Vaasa, Finland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Preventing childhood obesity

Difference in offspring weight gain compared to control group

Time frame: Offspring age until six years

Secondary Outcomes

lower cholesterol values

Time frame: up to six years

lower HOMA-index

Time frame: up to six years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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