Intervention INC: An Interactive Family-centered mHealth Tool to Reduce Obesity Risk in Urban Minority Preadolescents
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Obesity, Childhood
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 8 – 12
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Prevention
- Participants needed
- 200 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Tufts University · Other
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About This Trial
Using a two-group randomized study design, this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the adapted family-centered mHealth tool on child BMI z-score (primary outcome), child dietary behaviors, and parental feeding practices, from baseline to 12-month follow-up, among 200 child-parent dyads. It is hypothesized that children in the experimental group will demonstrate larger BMI-z score improvem…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria (child):
* self-identifies as Black/African-American and/or Latino
* between ages 8 and 12 years (preadolescents) at time of scheduled baseline visits
* reads and speaks in English
* has a Body Mass Index percentile at or above 5% at baseline (categorized as healthy, overweight, …
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