The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of an early and intensive intervention, based on techniques of effective counseling on healthy habits for parents, in order to reduce mean BMI at 2 years of age Secondly, the investigators will analyze the weighted increase of children's BMI, the eating habits of parents and children, duration of breastfeeding, physical activity level of parents and children and the children sleeping habits. In order to achieve it, the investigators have developed a randomized trial by Primary Care Centers, controlled by two parallel groups of study, open and multicenter study. The investigator team will recruit 414 pregnant women bwtween 12 and 16 weeks of gestation who will or will not receive an intervention, depending on their Primary Care Centers. The investigators will develop an intervention for parents, based on effective counseling techniques which are grounded on Motivational Interviewing approach with the objective of transmitting habits to reach a healthy lifestyle. The intervention consists in six workshops (90 minutes long), two prenatal and four postnatal, directed by professionals of the Field Researchers Basic Group (Family Practitioners, Pediatricians, Nurses and Midwives). Previously the field researchers will receive specialized training. This intervention will be compared to the usual model of care for children and women.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
414
Intervention consists of six 90 minutes workshops, two of those during pregnancy and the other four within the following two years after the birth of the children.
Parents will receive information about height, weight, and BMI percentile provided by a health professional during usual well child visits
Pedro Pérez López
Murcia, Alcantarilla-Sangonera, Spain
RECRUITINGBMI
The investigator team will collect weight and height, calculate the BMI and we will work out the BMI Z-score according to WHO growth standards.
Time frame: 2 years of age
Weight growth rate
WHO standardS
Time frame: 2 years of age
Food intake habits in parents
PREDIMED study questionnaire
Time frame: 2 years of age
Physical activity in parents:
International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)
Time frame: 2 years of age
Smoking habit in parents (self-reported): measuring the percentage of parents who smoke, consumption of cigarettes per day, and their level of motivation to quit smoking through the Richmond Test.
Richmond Test.
Time frame: 2 years of age
Anthropometry of parents:
Weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2
Time frame: 2 years of age
Duration of breastfeeding
The investigator team will measure the time of exclusive and mixed breastfeeding, in months, according to the regarding questions of the National Health Survey 2011-2012.
Time frame: 2 years of age
Children's dietary habits
PREDIMED study questionnaire
Time frame: 2 years of age
Physical Activity patterns in children
PREDIMED study questionnaire
Time frame: 2 years of age
Sleep habits
PREDIMED study questionnaire
Time frame: 2 years of age
Socio - demographic variables: Number of siblings, country of origin, educational level and social class, according to the proposal of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine.
PREDIMED study questionnaire
Time frame: 2 years of age
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