Use of a Mobile Application by Parents to Prevent Obesity in Their Children Apply for Your Health

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Background. Lifestyles that promote a positive energy balance increase the prevalence of obesity. Due to the magnitude of this problem, community-level strategies are required on how to provide families with useful information to prevent it. Electronic media such as the Internet and mobile health applications are tools that have opened a new audience to send information, they are accessible and powerful, as well as the capacity to reduce associated costs, their access to information is uninterrupted, support , and personalized feedback. There is a need to develop and evaluate mobile health applications to establish consistent and effective methods to produce changes in health behavior in the population. Aim. To evaluate the impact of a mobile health application in nutrition and physical activity on nutritional status in school children. Methods. Community essay. Children from 4 primary schools in Mexico City will participate in the educational intervention. The schools were randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1) Apply for your health! group and 2) Control group. The educational intervention through the application will last 12 months and will focus on promoting healthy eating habits and physical activity, empowering parents to change habits. In the second year, the control group will be given access to the mobile application. At baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, children in both groups will have their nutritional status (anthropometry) and breakfast and school snack habits measured. Statistic analysis. Mixed effects models will be used to evaluate changes in BMI z-score within and between groups.

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• Study type: Interventional
• Planned participants: 743
• From 8 Apr 2024 to the primary completion date, 14 Jun 2024
• 1 site in 1 country
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Age in the registry: 5 years to 11 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

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