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Trial reportPublic health nutrition2014

Prevention of overweight in children younger than 2 years old: a pilot cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Vera Verbestel, Valerie De Coen, Myriam Van Winckel, Inge Huybrechts, Lea Maes, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Public health nutrition, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 22 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 22 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Interventions to Reduce Screen Time in Preschool-Aged Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  8. Identifying effective intervention strategies to reduce children's screen time: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021
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  9. Measurement of screen time among young children aged 0-6 years: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
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  10. Interventions that prevent or reduce obesity in children from birth to five years of age: A systematic review.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2021
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  13. Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Vera Verbestel1 Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Valerie De Coen2 Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Myriam Van Winckel3 Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Inge Huybrechts2 Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Lea Maes2 Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij1 Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a 1-year family-based healthy lifestyle intervention implemented through day-care centres on toddlers' BMI Z-scores and reported activity- and dietary-related behaviours.

designPilot cluster-randomized controlled trial.

settingSeventy child-care centres in three different intervention communities and three paired-matched control communities in Flanders, Belgium. SUBJECTS: A sample of 203 Belgian toddlers aged 9-24 months was included in the study. Objectively assessed weight and height were used to calculate BMI Z-scores. A parental-report questionnaire was used to assess children's lifestyle behaviours.

resultsPositive intervention effects were found on BMI Z-score. No intervention effects were found for activity- and dietary-related behaviours targeted by the intervention. In both intervention and control groups, daily consumption of water, soft drinks, sweets and savoury snacks increased while daily consumption of fruit and vegetables decreased over 1 year. Daily physical activity remained stable but screen-time behaviour increased in both groups over time.

conclusionsThe study showed that a family-based healthy lifestyle intervention implemented through day-care centres can lead to healthier weight outcomes in toddlers. In both groups, an unhealthier lifestyle pattern was observed over 1 year which underlines the importance of the early childhood period as the focus of future behavioural interventions.

Indexed as

Child Day Care CentersDietExerciseFeeding BehaviorHealth PromotionLife StyleBelgiumBody Mass IndexComputersHealth BehaviorHumansInfantInfant BehaviorMaleObesityOverweight

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PMID23701835
PMCPMC10282209

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