Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Primary Prevention of Rapid Weight Gain in Early Childhood: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: Obesity is one of the biggest threats to health in the 21st century. Rapid weight gain in the first year of life tends to lead to overweight in children, which in turn leads to overweight in adults. This rapid early weight gain occurs most often at weaning when eating patterns emerge. Infant sleep problems also appear to be associated with the risk of becoming overweight, and contribute to maternal post-natal depression. We propose to undertake a 4-arm randomised controlled trial to determine whether extra education and support for families around weaning and development of early food and activity habits, with or without intervention to improve infant sleep, will decrease the current risk patterns of rapid excessive early childhood weight gain in New Zealand. This would provide strong evidence for the value of such a strategy in the long term control of the obesity epidemic and its consequent complications.

This is a two-year intervention with follow-ups at 3.5, 5 and 11 years of age.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Mothers booked for delivery in Dunedin, New Zealand

Exclusion Criteria:

* Women booked after 34 weeks gestation,
* Identified congenital abnormality likely to affect feeding and/or growth
* Home address outside of metropolitan Dunedin or Invercargill,
* Families who are likely to shift out of metropolitan Dunedin or Invercargill in the next 2 years.
* Unable to communicate in English or te reo Maori.
B: \*Important: Mother (or caregiver) and child dyads are enrolled together. Both must meet inclusion criteria to participate.

Inclusion Criteria:

Mothers:

* Enrolled in a partnered home visitation program
* Mother or primary caregiver of 2-8 month old child
* BMI above 18.5
* Generally Healthy

Children:

* 2-8 months of age at time of enrollment
* Parent or primary caregiver receiving home visitation services

Exclusion Criteria:

Mothers:

* Any history of an eating or feeding disorder, or obesity related syndrome (such as Prader-Willi)
* Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
* Currently enrolled in a diet and weight loss program, AND either a) significant weight loss of 10+ pounds in the last 6 months, OR b) unwilling to discontinue from current diet and weight loss program.

Infants:

* Infant is clinically underweight (\<5th percentile) or has a history of a feeding or eating disorder
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Willingness to participate
2. 14 to 24 years old at the time of conception
3. \< 32 weeks gestation at the time of enrollment
4. Reside within 1 hour (50 miles) of local Indian Health Service medical facility
5. Willingness to undergo random assignment and participate in all aspects of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Inability to participate in full intervention or evaluation (e.g., planned move, residential treatment, etc.)
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* The schools must be located within the municipality of Madrid
* The schools must be public
* The schools must have, at the least, two classes for Preschool Education, for children 3, 4 and 5 years of age
* The schools must make available the use of the cafeteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

* NA

Answer: A