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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development, Brazil |
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Information provided by: | Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00629629 |
This study assesses the effectiveness of a nutrition advice programme - The ten steps for healthy feeding of children under than two years - on nutritional status and morbidity history of children. This is a randomized controlled trial in mostly socioeconomic deprived families (intervention=200; controls=300). Mother's of the intervention group received dietary counseling in the first year of life. Both groups received routine care by their paediatricians and research assessment at 6 and 12 months.
Condition | Intervention |
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Anemia |
Behavioral: Dietary Advice |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Health Services Research, Randomized, Single Blind (Investigator), Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Impacts of the 10 Steps for Healthy Feeding in Infants: a Randomized Field Trial |
Enrollment: | 500 |
Study Start Date: | October 2001 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2003 |
Primary Completion Date: | October 2002 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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I, Intervention | Behavioral: Dietary Advice |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul | |
Household | |
São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Principal Investigator: | Márcia R Vitolo, Doctor | Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre |
Responsible Party: | Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre ( Márcia Regina Vitolo ) |
Study ID Numbers: | vitolo2 |
Study First Received: | March 5, 2008 |
Last Updated: | March 5, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00629629 |
Health Authority: | Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research |
Health Plan Implementation Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood Breastfeeding Complementary feeding |
Morbidity Anemia Public policy |
Hematologic Diseases Anemia Healthy Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood Eating Disorders |