A mobile app for parents to help prevent obesity in school children
Tests a parent phone app on healthy eating and activity in schoolchildren.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Use of a Mobile Application by Parents to Prevent Obesity in Their Children Apply for Your Health
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 5 and 11 years old?
Source: NCT07376252, who can take part
Where in Mexico
- Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico GomezMexico 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
- Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez
- Trial code
- NCT07376252
- Record updated
- 5 February 2026
- Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less
Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Health Application (APP) Aimed at Parents for the Prevention of Overweight and Obesity in School Children in Mexico City. Apply for Your Health!
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.
Inclusion: School-aged children of both sexes, 5-11 years old, enrolled in the selected primary schools; Children and parents who sign the written informed consent and assent form.
Exclusion: Children with a rheumatological disease, diabetes, thyroid disorder, or any condition that compromises their nutritional status; Children participating in any weight loss program, with or without pharmacological treatment.