The More and Less Study: a randomized controlled trial testing different approaches to treat obesity in preschoolers

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and outcome measures collected at different time points

		Measure	Baseline	3 months	6 months	12 months
Child
	Weight/height	Measured by health professionals	x	x	x	x
	Waist circumference		x	x	x	x
	Blood pressure		x	x	x	x
	Blood samples (glucose, HbA1c, insulin, CRP, kolesterol, LDL kolesterol, HDL kolesterol, triglyceriders, liver status, urate, TSH)		x			x
	Date of birth	Child background questionnaire	x
	Country of birth		x
	Sex		x
	Health status		x			x
	Day care		x			x
	Visits to health care regarding child weight		x			x
	Sedentary behavior		x	x	x	x
	Food habits	Food frequency questionnaire	x	x	x	x
	Eating behavior	Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire	x	x	x	x
	Behavior	Child Behavior Checklist	x			x
Parent
	Weight/height	Parent background questionnaire	x			x
	Date of birth		x
	Country of birth		x
	Sex		x
	Education level		x
	Health status/weight reducing operation		x			x
	Occupation status		x			x
	Income		x			x
	Family structure		x			x
	Social and economic support from network		x			x
	Perceived level of comfortable life		x			x
	Perceived child problem behavior and parental confidence	Lifestyle Behavior Checklist	x	x	x	x
	Feeding practices	Child Feeding Questionnaire	x	x	x	x
	Limit setting strategies	Communicating with children	x	x	x	x
	Family function	Family Assessment Device	x			x

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