Evaluation of an innovative family-centred care and prevention intervention for children with overweight and obesity: a mixed-methods study protocol of the randomised controlled fruehstArt study in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Childhood overweight and obesity pose a growing public health problem with increasing prevalence both in Europe and globally. Reasons can be found in behavioural factors such as a sedentary lifestyle, eating habits or low exercise levels and to a lesser extent in a genetic predisposition or a metabolic disorder. Preventing children with obesity and overweight to grow into obese teenagers is therefore of high importance. However, there are currently no established care and prevention programmes in Germany for the early reduction of overweight and prevention of obesity in children aged 3-6 years. fruehstArt aims to close this gap with a cross-sector outreach and family-centred personal counselling approach, where parents receive support from paediatricians and trained co

SUBMITTER: Hagemeier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12853454 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature