Multidimensional Intervention in Mexican Schoolchildren

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age9-12
SponsorMexican National Institute of Public Health

About this trial

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?

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

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.

Disqualifiers

Children that don´t correspond to the selected shifts.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Healthy and Sustainable Eating
  • Movement behaviors
  • Psychosocial determinants

Treatment groups

200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups