Primary prevention of fat and weight gain among obesity susceptible healthy weight preschool children. Main results from the "Healthy Start" randomized controlled intervention.
Nanna Julie OlsenLars H ÄngquistPeder FrederiksenErik Lykke MortensenBerit Lilienthal HeitmannPublished in: Pediatric obesity (2020)
This primary prevention intervention among young healthy weight children with susceptibility to future obesity had clinically small effects on growth and body composition. More interventions, conducting primary obesity prevention, are urgently needed.
Keyphrases
- weight gain
- body composition
- weight loss
- body mass index
- birth weight
- randomized controlled trial
- insulin resistance
- resistance training
- metabolic syndrome
- bone mineral density
- physical activity
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- open label
- high fat diet induced
- middle aged
- study protocol
- current status
- placebo controlled
- preterm birth