Playful family education with digital support to prevent childhood obesity
Tests a playful family program with digital support for school-aged children at risk of obesity.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Impact of a Playful Family Education Strategy With ICT on Childhood Obesity Prevention
Key facts
- Where
- Mexico City, MexicoSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 6 and 12 years old?
Source: NCT06486493, who can take part
Where in Mexico
- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Bioquímica, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad "Dr. Bernardo Sepúlveda", Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro SocialMexico City, MexicoNo 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
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
- Trial code
- NCT06486493
- Record updated
- 30 October 2026
- Original description
The goal of this non-randomized quasi experimental clinical controlled trial is to evaluate the impact of a playful family education strategy reinforced by the use of communication technologies in childhood obesity. The main questions to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Effectiveness of a Family Playful / Ludic Educational Strategy Reinforced With the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Prevention and Reduction of Childhood Obesity
The goal of this non-randomized quasi experimental clinical controlled trial is to evaluate the impact of a playful family education strategy reinforced by the use of communication technologies in childhood obesity. The main questions to answer are:
* Does a technogical reinforced ludical family strategy might reduce overweight and childhood obesity prevalence and incidence reduction? * Can digital reinforcement might decrease body weight, BMI, body fat mass and waist circumference in overweight or obese children? * Does dietary habits might be improved by a technologically reinforced playful family workshop?
Researchers will evaluate the effect of a family-based, playful educational strategy, incorporating digital reinforcement, aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles among school-aged children, with the goal of reducing and preventing childhood obesity.
Inclusion: School-aged children (6 to 12 years old) enrolled in primary schools located in Mexico City, Mexico; Children accompanied by their parents, who provide consent for their participation in the study; Children who have agreed to participate by signing informed consent and assent documents.
Exclusion: Children with a prior diagnosis of endocrinological or congenital diseases, associated with obesity, such as hypothyroidism, Prader-Willi syndrome, growth hormone deficiency, Cushing's syndrome, trisomy 21, among others; Children undergoing in any type of weight reduction program, whether pharmacological or non-pharmacological treatment ; Children with abnormal thyroid function test results; Children with physical limitations, such as congenital malformations, that may prevent them from engaging in moderate to intense physical activity included in the intervention; Participants enrolled in another research protocol of any kind.