Mobile app to support feeding and lifestyle habits in infants
Tests a phone app giving parents feeding and activity advice for infants.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Anthropometric Outcomes of a Mobile Health Intervention for Eating Behaviour and Lifestyle in Infancy
Key facts
- Where
- Singapore, SingaporeSee the site
Where in Singapore
- KK Women's and Children's HospitalSingapore, SingaporeNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT06457750
- Record updated
- 5 September 2025
- Original description
Lifestyle, activity, and feeding behaviours during early childhood set the foundation for subsequent lifelong metabolic health as an adult. The investigators have developed a digital tool, called Feeding, Lifestyle, Activity Goals (FLAGs) to assess lifestyle and feeding behaviours of young infants, simultaneously providing guidance and tailored advice for parents on ideal practices specific to their children. The investigators aim to assess its usability, acceptability, and feasibility , before proceeding to determine efficacy of the FLAGs intervention through conducting a randomized controlled trial, enrolling 440 infants from KK Women's and Children's Hospital. Half of them will receive standard routine infant care, whereas the other half will additionally receive the digital FLAGs assessment and advisory tool, complete with mobile nudges. The follow-up period will be over 12 months, with the main outcomes being i) indicators of good feeding and lifestyle behaviour at 12 months old, and ii) physical growth trends, body fat proportions. Demonstrating the benefits of using FLAGs will underscore the importance of integrating this digitalized tool into the screening and evaluation of well children, with the potential to be upscaled and adopted across hospitals, primary care, and community-based health programmes.Read full original descriptionShow less
Anthropometric and Body Composition Outcomes of a Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Eating Behaviours and Lifestyle Habits During Infancy
Lifestyle, activity, and feeding behaviours during early childhood set the foundation for subsequent lifelong metabolic health as an adult. The investigators have developed a digital tool, called Feeding, Lifestyle, Activity Goals (FLAGs) to assess lifestyle and feeding behaviours of young infants, simultaneously providing guidance and tailored advice for parents on ideal practices specific to their children. The investigators aim to assess its usability, acceptability, and feasibility , before proceeding to determine efficacy of the FLAGs intervention through conducting a randomized controlled trial, enrolling 440 infants from KK Women's and Children's Hospital. Half of them will receive standard routine infant care, whereas the other half will additionally receive the digital FLAGs assessment and advisory tool, complete with mobile nudges. The follow-up period will be over 12 months, with the main outcomes being i) indicators of good feeding and lifestyle behaviour at 12 months old, and ii) physical growth trends, body fat proportions. Demonstrating the benefits of using FLAGs will underscore the importance of integrating this digitalized tool into the screening and evaluation of well children, with the potential to be upscaled and adopted across hospitals, primary care, and community-based health programmes.
Inclusion: Women; 34-36 weeks' pregnant, or 3 days post-delivery; Pre-pregnancy BMI of at least 23 kg/m\^2, and/or with the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Exclusion: Women less than 21 years old; Unable to understand English; Not planning to reside in Singapore until baby is at least 1 year old; Premature birth of baby (defined as below 37 weeks' gestation); Birth of a baby with congenital abnormalities, physical or neurodevelopmental disabilities.