The Activity School in Finnmark for Overweight Children

University Hospital of North Norway

Status

Completed

Conditions

Overweight

Obesity

Treatments

Behavioral: Individual intervention

Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling in groups

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00872807

2007/5.2006.3473 (REK)

15873 (NSD) (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a life style counseling programme designed for overweight and obese children and their parents in groups compared to traditional individual counseling in the pediatric outpatient clinic and the community. The two interventions are both hospital and community based.

Full description

Randomized study design with two parallel groups.Active intervention in two years, last follow-up after 3 years.

Enrollment

97 patients

Sex

All

Ages

6 to 12 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Overweight or obese.
BMI > IOTF (International Obesity TaskForce) cut-points 27,5. kg/ m2.

Exclusion criteria

Diseases not compatible with normal physical activity.
Disorders not compatible with group treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

97 participants in 2 patient groups

Group intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Lifestyle counseling (physical activity and dietary modification) in groups both at the hospital and in their own municipality. They meet a multidisciplinary team, receive organized physical activity in the municipality and are invited to a 3 days camp after 4-6 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling in groups

Behavioral: Individual intervention

Individual intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Lifestyle counseling for each separate family practiced by single health professionals both in hospital and municipality. A more conventional model.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Individual intervention