Family Program With a Mobile App to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Tests a family-based program with a mobile app in schoolchildren aged 5 to 9 years.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Family-Based Nutrition Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity in School-Age Children.
Key facts
- Where
- México, 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 5 and 9 years old?
Source: NCT07159971, who can take part
Where in Mexico
- "El globo" and "Servicios de Salud Lomas Altas"México, MexicoTaking people
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
- Claudia Teresa Tovar Palacio
- Trial code
- NCT07159971
- Record updated
- 7 October 2026
- Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less
Family-based Intervention Model to Prevent Childhood Obesity Among Schoolage Children in Sonora, Mexico.
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.
Inclusion: 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.
Exclusion: Children who are currently suffering from a pathology that requires medication or special treatment; Mothers/Fathers/Guardians who are currently suffering from a pathology that requires medication or special treatment; Children who have a physical/mental impairment to perform physical activities; Children from surrogate mothers who have presented at least 2 of the 11 DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorder (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, or other illegal drugs) before or during the participating child's gestation; Children from multiple pregnancies; Parents who do not own a smartphone compatible with the app will be excluded from this study (i.e., version 5.0 or higher for Android).