Multidimensional Intervention in Mexican Schoolchildren
Multidimensional Intervention to Improve Healthy Lifestyle Practices and Nutrition and Health Status in Mexican Schoolchildren: Development of an Intervention Platform, Randomized Clinical Trial and Scaling Proposal
Mexican National Institute of Public Health
200 participants
Nov 7, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
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
Inclusion Criteria2
- 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.
Exclusion Criteria1
- Children that don´t correspond to the selected shifts.
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Interventions
Animated projections, snacks that incorporate fruits and/or vegetables, measuring their hydration status through images where they can observe the color of their urine and relate it to the amount of plain water they have consumed, as well as activities through the mobile messaging platform, WhatsApp.
Animated projections, snacks that incorporate fruits and/or vegetables, measuring their hydration status through images where they can observe the color of their urine and relate it to the amount of plain water they have consumed, as well as activities through the mobile messaging platform, WhatsApp.
Workshops on key topics of psychosocial determinants in children, virtual workshops on topics of psychosocial determinants such as obesity and healthy eating.
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NCT07185789