Early Stockholm Obesity Prevention Program (EarlySTOPP)

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Dietary, physical activity and sleeping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01198847

ES-2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

To study whether a targeted intervention can prevent the development of overweight and obesity among pre-school children in families with either one obese or two overweight parents.

Full description

Early STOPP project wants to promote good health in children from early age by supporting good habits for the whole family. Our aim is to see if we can prevent overweight and obesity in children in families where parents are overweight or obese. Normal weight parents will also be needed in this study.

Background Life is in constant change and affects our habits. In many ways this is positive but it also contributes to less favorable health factors. For example, take the car instead of cycling, take the lift instead of the stairs. This makes us less active in everyday life. Individuals also eat more unhealthy foods in larger portions. In combination with genetics, social in heritage and surrounding factors this contributes to increase overweight and obesity among children not only in adults but also in children.

Good treatment methods for childhood obesity are lacking, making prevention very important. The earlier good habits are introduced to a child the better it is.

In Early STOPP project we study food, physical activity and sleep habits in the families with a little child. The height, weight, waist circumference and blood pressure will be recorded in both child and parents. The parents will answer questionnaires about food, physical activity and sleeping habits for both the child and themselves. During the study, the child's physical activity will be measured.

Enrollment: 195 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 1 year old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• one obese or two overweight parents, 1 year old child

Exclusion criteria

• weight effecting diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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195 participants in 2 patient groups

Low intensity arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

Written information about a healthy lifestyle

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dietary, physical activity and sleeping

High intensity arm

Experimental group

Description:

Lifestyle support (PA, sleep, food intake) using MI

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dietary, physical activity and sleeping