Impact of a Playful Family Education Strategy With ICT on Childhood Obesity Prevention
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age9-12
SponsorInstituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
About this trial
The goal of this non-randomized clinical controlled trial is to evaluate the impact of a playful family education strategy reinforced by the use of communication technologies in childhood obesity. The main questions to answer are:
* Does a technogical reinforced ludical family strategy might reduce overweight and childhood obesity prevalence and incidence reduction? * Can digital reinforcement might decrease body weight, BMI, body fat mass and waist circumference in overweight or obese children? * Does dietary habits might be improved by a technologically reinforced playful family workshop?
Researchers will compare an obesity childhood digital reinforced group to an overweight control overweight group, an overweight workshop group and a childhood obesity control group to see if technological reinforcement works to reduce and prevent childhood obesity.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
School-age children aged 9 to 12 years from the Family Medicine Unit Number 23 (IMSS, Mexico City) and the Family Medicine Units Number 1 and 3 (IMSS, Morelos).
Children accompanied by their parents who consent to participate in the study.
Children with a BMI equal to or greater than the 85th percentile (indicating overweight or obesity) according to CDC classification.
Children who have agreed to participate through informed consent and assent forms.
Disqualifiers
Children undergoing in any type of weight reduction program, whether pharmacological or non-pharmacological treatment .
Children with a prior diagnosis of endocrinological or congenital diseases, associated with obesity, such as hypothyroidism, Prader-Willi syndrome, growth hormone deficiency, Cushing's syndrome, trisomy 21, among others.
Children with abnormal thyroid function test results.
Children with physical limitations, such as congenital malformations, that may prevent them from engaging in moderate to intense physical activity included in the intervention.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Conventional treatment
- Playful Family Education Strategy
- Reinforced Playful Family Education Strategy
Treatment groups
196 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Lead sponsor
Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Collaborator
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Collaborator
Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Collaborator
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov