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NCT Number: NCT00970710

Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study

This study aims to prevent childhood obesity with early life (pregnancy) intensified counselling. The recruited intervention group is pregnant mothers who are at risk to get gestational diabetes. Lifestyle intervention (nutritional and physical activity) begins during pregnancy in maternity clinics and continues in child wellfare clinics until the child is 5 years of age.

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Key information

Conditions

Childhood Obesity Pevention

Age range

Up to 6 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Health care center in Vaasa

Vaasa, 65320, Finland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Pregnant women who are at risk to get gestational diabetes.

Exclusion criteria

  • Foreigner with language problems
  • Major psychosocial problems
  • Diabetes mellitus type I or II
  • Physical disability,
  • Major medical problems in pregnancy

Treatment and study plan

Vaasa Childhood Obesity Primary Prevention Study

Behavioral

Intensified counselling concerning healthy diet and suitable physical activity during pregnancy to mothers in the intervention group continuing in child health care clinic visits with the offspring until child's age of 5 year.

Other names: VACOPP

Primary outcomes

  1. Preventing childhood obesity

    Time frame: Offspring age until six years

    Difference in offspring weight gain compared to control group

Secondary outcomes

  1. lower cholesterol values

    Time frame: up to six years

  2. lower HOMA-index

    Time frame: up to six years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tampere University

Other

Collaborators

  • Foundation for Paediatric Research, Finland
  • Seinajoki Central Hospital
  • Tampere University Hospital
  • Vaasa Health care center

Registry information

Acronym: VACOPP

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Sep 2, 2009
Registry last updated
Feb 14, 2017

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