The Danish Childhood Obesity Biobank
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The Danish Childhood Obesity Biobank aims to produce a scientific platform for research in obesity: Bio-clinical data are collected from two cohorts - an obesity clinic cohort and a population-based cohort. The biobank thus facilitates translation between research and clinical practice of obesity treatment and related complications.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 2
Maximum Age: 100
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 2- 100 Years old
• Adipose, BMI \> 90 % percentile
Locations
Other Locations
Denmark
The Children's Obesity Clinic, Paediatric department, University Hospital Holbæk, Region Zealand
RECRUITING
Holbæk
Contact Information
Primary
Jens-Christian Holm, Ph.d., MD
jhom@regionsjaelland.dk
Time Frame
Start Date: 2009-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 5000
Treatments
Experimental: Lifestyle counseling
The obese children will start a treatment for obesity in the Children's Obesity Clinic. This treatment includes lifestyle counseling, objective examination, weight-controls, visiting a psychologist, visiting a dietician and blood samples, DXA-scan, eventually MRI.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: University of Copenhagen, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Holbaek Sygehus
Leads: Zealand University Hospital