Family-Based Nutrition Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity in School-Age Children.

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Conditions studied: Overweight and/or Obesity, Children - Malnutrition, Preventing Malnutrition

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT07159971
Run by: Claudia Teresa Tovar Palacio
People needed: 40
Starts: 2025-06-30
Expected to finish: 2027-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2026-03-24

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 9. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

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.

You may not qualify if…

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).

Where it is running

"El globo" and "Servicios de Salud Lomas Altas" — México, Sonora, Mexico (enrolling)

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