The Healthy Start Project: Primary Prevention of Overweight in Preschool Children Susceptible to Future Overweight

Changes between baseline and 1.3 years follow.up per intervention year in:

Height in cm Weight in kg BMI in kg/m^2 BMI z-score in SD Waist circumference in cm Hip circumference in cm Sum of four skinfolds (biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac) in cm Body composition measured by bio-electrical impedance

Changes between baseline and 5 years follow.up per intervention year in:

Height in cm Weight in kg BMI in kg/m^2 BMI z-score in SD

Changes between baseline and 10 years follow.up per intervention year in:

Height in cm Weight in kg BMI in kg/m^2 BMI z-score in SD

Four day dietary record completed Wednesday-Saturday

How high do you prioritize that fruit and vegetables are served at the meals? (Scale from 1 to 4, 1 being low and 4 being high. Higher values considered better outcome)

Children's Physical Activity Questionnaire (C-PAQ. 7-day recording of sports, games and leisure time activities outside daycare. The response options were indicated by doing a particular activity ("yes" or "no") and by an indication of total time used on the activity during the week (minutes per week). All minutes per week were summed to obtain an indication of overall physical activity level. Higher values considered better outcome)

7 day sleep record from completed questionnaire (average number of minutes sleep summed from 7 day record on sleep- and wake time points)

Measured concentration of cortisol in hair samples

Measured concentration of cortisol in hair samples

Child's sleep is considered (calm all night, a little disturbed, disturbed with occasional awakenings, very disturbed with several awakenings. Calm all night considered best outcome).

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Scored 0-2 and summed to Total Difficulties score (0-40, lower score indicate better outcome), and Prosocial Behavior score (0-10, lower score indicate worst outcome)

Modified version of the Swedish Parental Stress Index (PSI). Each question was scored between 0 and 2 (0 considered best score and 2 the worst), according to its estimated indication of an overall stress level. Analysis of intercorrelations among the 10 questions and a principal component analysis suggested that 9 of the 10 questions could be added together to get a score for the overall family stress level (0-18)

If the child enjoyed being physically active (Never, often, some times, usually, always. Always considered best outcome)

How many times per week does the family eat breakfast together (None, 1 day, 2-3 days, 4-5 days, 6-7 days. 6-7 days considered best outcome).

How many times per week does the family eat dinner together (None, 1 day, 2-3 days, 4-5 days, 6-7 days. 6-7 days considered best outcome).

How would you describe the meals with the child (Very conflictive, little conflictive, very cozy, little cozy, don't know. Very cozy considered best outcome).

How would you describe your child's way of eating (Picky, open to new tastes, eats everything. Eats everything considered best outcome).

How would you describe your child's appetite (Too big appetite, good appetite, normal appetite, too small appetite, don't know. Normal appetite considered best outcome).

Difficulties falling asleep (yes/no. No considered best outcome)

Difficulties waking up (yes/no. No considered best outcome)

Sleep onset latency (numerical. Lower values considered better outcome)

Routine activities before bedtime (No, < 1/week, 1-2 times/week, 3-4 times/week, 5-6 times/week, every day. Every day considered best outcome)

Child joining parents' bed (yes/no. If yes, how often (< 1/month, 1-3 times/month,1-3 times/week, 4-6 times/week, every night)

Child afraid to fall asleep (Never, rarely, some times, often, very often. Never considered best outcome)

Child has frightening/upsetting dreams (Never, rarely, some times, often, very often. Never considered best outcome)

Means of transportation to and from day-care, and frequency (Walk, strolling, bike on its own, biked by parent, and bus, train or car, number of times per week (1,2,3,4 or 5. Walking or biking on its own considered best outcome).

How active is the child compared to other children at similar age? (as active, somewhat active, very active, don't know. Very active considered best outcome)

Frequency of which one or both parents were physically active with the child (once per week, 2-4 times per week, 5-7 times per week, multiple times per day. Multiple times per day considered best outcome)