Family-based Intervention Model to Prevent Childhood Obesity Among Schoolage Children in Sonora, Mexico.
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Device, Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This proposal aims to enhance the well being of schoolchildren and their families through a mobile application and multidisciplinary intervention model grounded in authoritative parenting principles and social cognitive theory.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 5
Maximum Age: 9
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
• Families of children between 5 and 9 years old.
• Children without any medical or nutritional treatment for obesity.
• Children classified as normal weight, overweight, or obese based on WHO (Z-score: height for age and BMI for age).
• Offspring of mothers aged between 18 and 45 years at delivery.
• Term infants from normoevolutive pregnancies without maternal comorbidities.
• Families who have a cell phone with internet access and an installed camera.
Locations
Other Locations
Mexico
El globo and Servicios de Salud Lomas Altas
RECRUITING
México
Contact Information
Primary
Claudia Tovar-Palacio, Ph.D.
claudia.tovarp@incmnsz.mx
+52 5585341831
Backup
Berenice Palacios-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
bpalacios@inmegen.gob.mx
5553501900
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-06-30
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 40
Treatments
Experimental: School B
Nutritional therapy supported by a mobile application. The app integrates a multimodal approach (educational content, interactive tools, and gamification) to promote healthy eating, featuring parent-child dyad-focused resources such as recipe tutorials with family-specific adaptations.
Active_comparator: School A.
Nutritional therapy will be delivered through a mobile application that will integrate a multimodal approach, including educational content, interactive tools, and gamification, to promote healthy eating. The application will incorporate parent-child dyad-focused resources, such as recipe tutorials adapted to specific family needs.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genomica, Fundación Gonzalo Río Arronte, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Leads: Claudia Teresa Tovar Palacio