Early Obesity Intervention Program Within GECKO Drenthe; a Randomized Controlled Trial

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical activity stimulating program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01127412

EOIP-GECKO

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether stimulating physical activity during the first year of life influences growth and body composition, and stimulates motor activity and motor development

Enrollment: 228 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 2 weeks old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• date of birth (December 2006-February 2008)
• area of living (around Meppel and Hoogeveen in the province of Drenthe, one of the Northern provinces of the Netherlands)

Exclusion criteria

• Children under care of child physiotherapists will be excluded from the program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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228 participants in 2 patient groups

Physical activity stimulating program

Active Comparator group

Description:

Advices to stimulate motor activity and motor development at the age of two weeks, two months, four months, eight months and eleven months

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical activity stimulating program

Control

No Intervention group