504
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2007
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2023
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2023
lifestyle counseling
The physical activity and dietary intervention is based on the Finnish physical activity and dietary recommendations. The children and their parents in the intervention group undergo individualized and family-based physical activity and dietary intervention between the baseline and 2-year follow-up examinations. The children and their parents meet a physical activity specialist and a nutritionist who give detailed and individualized instructions on health promoting physical activity and diet at months 0, 1.5, 3, 6, 12, and 18 with a specific topic at each visit. Between the 2-year follow-up and 8-year follow-up examinations, the intervention continues with yearly physical activity and dietary counseling sessions. The children in the intervention group, particularly those who do not attend organized sports or exercise, will also be encouraged to participate in after-school exercise clubs organized by trained exercise instructors of the study.
University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
Collaborators (1)
Kuopio University Hospital
OTHER
University of Jyvaskyla
OTHER
Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine
OTHER
University of Turku
OTHER
Tampere University
OTHER
Folkhälsan Researech Center
OTHER
University of Cambridge
OTHER
University of Exeter
OTHER
University of Copenhagen
OTHER
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
OTHER
University of Tromso
OTHER
University of Iceland
OTHER
Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium
UNKNOWN
LongITools Consortium
UNKNOWN
University of Eastern Finland
OTHER