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| Name | Class |
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| Tampere University | OTHER |
| University of Helsinki | OTHER |
| The Finnish Hearth Association | UNKNOWN |
| The Finnish Food Information |
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Study aims to pilot a family-centred tailored nutrition intervention at child welfare clinics, targeting the previously observed dietary defaults of Finnish children.
Eating habits can predict diet-related health problems and obesity. The defaults observed previously in the diet of Finnish children include low consumption of vegetables, fruits and vegetable oil-based fats, high consumption of sucrose, poor quality of drinks and low frequency of family meals. Child welfare clinic is the place to promote healthy lifestyles because most Finnish families visit there at regular intervals.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intensified dietary counseling | Experimental | The dietary intervention consists of tailored dietary counseling, information leaflets and self-evaluation cards given to the families. |
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| Normal dietary counseling | Active Comparator | Public health nurses continue their usual dietary counseling. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Intensified dietary counseling at child wellfare clinics. | Behavioral | The intervention is completed by public health nurses who receive updating education in nutrition. A special training in a family-centred lifestyle counseling method in implemented. The nutrition intervention consists of tailored dietary counseling, information leaflets and self-evaluation card given to the families in the intervention arm. In the control clinics, public health nurses continue their usual dietary counseling. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| To promote child's and family's healthy diet | Changes in family's dietary choices, knowledge and attitudes. Also changes in parent's motivation and self-efficiency to improve family's diet. | 8 months |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Suvi M Virtanen, Professor | Head of the Nutrition Unit, professor | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Child welfare clinics | Espoo | Uusimaa | 02070 | Finland |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009765 | Obesity |
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| D050177 | Overweight |
| D044343 | Overnutrition |
| D009748 | Nutrition Disorders |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
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| D001835 |
| Body Weight |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |