Population Based Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Kindergartens (TigerKids)

Behavioral intervention at Kindergarten setting aiming at increased fruit and vegetable consumption, decreased intake of high energy foods, snacks, sweets, increased intake of water/low energy drinks, decreased intake of high energy drinks. Physical activity should be more than 1 hour/day and TV/media consumption less than 1 hour/day.

Main questions are:

Do children differ in intervention and control kindergartens according to their nutrition behaviour? Do children in the intervention kindergartens have a higher physical training than such in the control kindergartens? Data were collected with a standardised questionnaire.

Do children differ in intervention and control kindergartens according to their body mass index?

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: attitude change; Behavioral: adiposity prevention program

Detailed Description

The program is based on actual cognitions and methods of the early education science. In the initial phase study part I (2003-2006) we will study over three years in 75 kindergartens of four administrative districts in Bavaria, Germany: Bamberg, Günzburg, Ingolstadt and Schwandorf.

The objective of the study part II is to evaluate the effects of the TigerKids intervention program on overweight prevalence in childhood. Data concerning BMI, nutrition behavior and physical activity are assessed both at baseline (September/October 2007) and after 10 months intervention in > 450 control- and intervention-kindergartens in Bavaria.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 30000
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 3 years to 7 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• infant of intervention- or control-kindergarten

Exclusion Criteria:

• absence of parenteral consent to participate

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Body mass index	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
nutrition behavior	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
physical activity	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
• Collaborators: Bavarian State Ministry of Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection; Child Health Foundation; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL); Institute for Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Munich; State Institute of Early Childhood Research, Munich; AOK.Die Gesundheitskasse; Research Centre for Physical Education and Sports of Children and Adolescents, Karlsruhe

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Bayer O, von Kries R, Strauss A, Mitschek C, Toschke AM, Hose A, Koletzko BV. Short- and mid-term effects of a setting based prevention program to reduce obesity risk factors in children: a cluster-randomized trial. Clin Nutr. 2009 Apr;28(2):122-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.01.001. Epub 2009 Mar 20.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2003
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2006
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 12, 2006
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 12, 2006
• First Posted (Estimate): June 13, 2006

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 13, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 5, 2022
• Last Verified: September 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: obesity; adiposity; infant; kindergarten
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Overweight; Body Weight; Obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: UGV 03050904006