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NCT Number: NCT00336128

Population Based Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Kindergartens (TigerKids)

Behavioral intervention at Kindergarten setting aiming at increased fruit and vegetable consumption, decreased intake of high energy foods, snacks, sweets, increased intake of water/low energy drinks, decreased intake of high energy drinks. Physical activity should be more than 1 hour/day and TV/media consumption less than 1 hour/day.

Main questions are:

Do children differ in intervention and control kindergartens according to their nutrition behaviour? Do children in the intervention kindergartens have a higher physical training than such in the control kindergartens? Data were collected with a standardised questionnaire.

Do children differ in intervention and control kindergartens according to their body mass index?

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Key information

Conditions

Obesity Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

3 year–7 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

The program is based on actual cognitions and methods of the early education science. In the initial phase study part I (2003-2006) we will study over three years in 75 kindergartens of four administrative districts in Bavaria, Germany: Bamberg, Günzburg, Ingolstadt and Schwandorf.

The objective of the study part II is to evaluate the effects of the TigerKids intervention program on overweight prevalence in childhood. Data concerning BMI, nutrition behavior and physical activity are assessed both at baseline (September/October 2007) and after 10 months intervention in > 450 control- and intervention-kindergartens in Bavaria.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • infant of intervention- or control-kindergarten

Exclusion criteria

  • absence of parenteral consent to participate

Treatment and study plan

attitude change

Behavioral

TigerKids: setting based prevention program to reduce obesity risk factors in children

adiposity prevention program

Behavioral

The behavioral intervention aimed at modifying physical activity and food and drink choices at the kindergarten setting

Primary outcomes

  1. Body mass index

    Time frame: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

  2. nutrition behavior

    Time frame: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

  3. physical activity

    Time frame: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

Other

Collaborators

  • AOK.Die Gesundheitskasse
  • Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL)
  • Bavarian State Ministry of Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection
  • Child Health Foundation
  • Institute for Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Munich
  • Research Centre for Physical Education and Sports of Children and Adolescents, Karlsruhe
  • State Institute of Early Childhood Research, Munich

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2003
Primary completion
2006
Study completion
2009
First posted
Jun 13, 2006
Registry last updated
Apr 13, 2022

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