Use of a Mobile Application by Parents to Prevent Obesity in Their Children Apply for Your Health
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Applícate por tu salud.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Obesity, Overweight. Basic parameters: 5 years — 11 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Mexico
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Health Application (APP) Aimed at Parents for the Prevention of Overweight and Obesity in School Children in Mexico City. Apply for Your Health!
Overview
Background. Lifestyles that promote a positive energy balance increase the prevalence of obesity. Due to the magnitude of this problem, community-level strategies are required on how to provide families with useful information to prevent it. Electronic media such as the Internet and mobile health applications are tools that have opened a new audience to send information, they are accessible and powerful, as well as the capacity to reduce associated costs, their access to information is uninterrupted, support , and personalized feedback. There is a need to develop and evaluate mobile health applications to establish consistent and effective methods to produce changes in health behavior in the population. Aim. To evaluate the impact of a mobile health application in nutrition and physical activity on nutritional status in school children. Methods. Community essay. Children from 4 primary schools in Mexico City will participate in the educational intervention. The schools were randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1) Apply for your health! group and 2) Control group. The educational intervention through the application will last 12 months and will focus on promoting healthy eating habits and physical activity, empowering parents to change habits. In the second year, the control group will be given access to the mobile application. At baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, children in both groups will have their nutritional status (anthropometry) and breakfast and school snack habits measured. Statistic analysis. Mixed effects models will be used to evaluate changes in BMI z-score within and between groups.
Interventions
- Behavioral Applícate por tu salud
The educational intervention using the mobile application "Applícate por tu salud" aims to promote, improve, and reinforce families' eating habits, focusing on breakfast and school lunches, in order to prevent overweight and obesity in schoolchildren. Through the application, using push notifications, tips in the form of text messages, infographics, videos, and recipes are sent four times a week, encouraging positive changes in eating habits related to breakfast and school snacks. The informati
Primary outcome measures
- BMI Z-score [Time frame: Anthropometric evaluations to obtain the BMI Z score are performed at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months.]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Improvement in the quality of food consumed at breakfast [Time frame: Information on school breakfasts is collected at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months]
- Improvement in the quality of food consumed at school lunch [Time frame: Information on school lunch is collected at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months within schools]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- School-aged children of both sexes, 5-11 years old, enrolled in the selected primary schools.
- Children and parents who sign the written informed consent and assent form.
Exclusion criteria
- Children participating in any weight loss program, with or without pharmacological treatment.
- Children with a rheumatological disease, diabetes, thyroid disorder, or any condition that compromises their nutritional status.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Crossover
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Mexico · 1 center
- Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez — Mexico City
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07376252 · HIM 2017-086