Tests a school and community program on healthy eating and movement in Mexican schoolchildren
Tests a school program on eating and activity habits in children aged 9 to 12.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Multidimensional Intervention in Mexican Schoolchildren
Key facts
- Where
- Cuernavaca, 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 9 and 12 years old?
Source: NCT07185789, who can take part
Where in Mexico
- Instituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaCuernavaca, 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
- Mexican National Institute of Public Health
- Trial code
- NCT07185789
- Record updated
- 22 September 2025
- Original description
The aims is to evaluate the effects of an multidimensional intervention on the physical-built and social environment around schools and the nutritional status of the school population, through a randomized community trial, in schools in 3 states of the Mexican Republic, using anthropometric indicators, biological, psychological, behavioral and environmental.Read full original descriptionShow less
Multidimensional Intervention to Improve Healthy Lifestyle Practices and Nutrition and Health Status in Mexican Schoolchildren: Development of an Intervention Platform, Randomized Clinical Trial and Scaling Proposal
The aims is to evaluate the effects of an multidimensional intervention on the physical-built and social environment around schools and the nutritional status of the school population, through a randomized community trial, in schools in 3 states of the Mexican Republic, using anthropometric indicators, biological, psychological, behavioral and environmental.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. What are the main risk and protective factors for overweight and obesity in the school environment and in the environments around schools in primary education schools in three states of the Mexican Republic? 2. Is there a relationship between risky eating behaviors and the body mass index of schoolchildren? 3. Are the strategies that are being implemented effective in reducing the presence of risk factors and increasing the presence of protective factors for overweight and obesity in the school environment and in the environments around schools? 4. Are the strategies that are being implemented effective in reducing the presence of risk factors and increasing the protective factors for overweight and obesity in the family environment?
Inclusion: Fourth grade elementary schools children from schools that belong to Federal entities: Campeche, Morelos and Mexico City, with morning schedule, from 8:00 to 12:30 or extended schedule, from 8:00 to 14:00hrs; For Morelos State, elementary schools will be sought to be private, with at least 1000 enrollement students, with morning schedule, from 8:00 to 12:30 or extended schedule, from 8:00 to 14:00hrs.
Exclusion: Children that don´t correspond to the selected shifts.