Healthy Kids I-PAL

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: m-health approach

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03297541

PBRC 2016-009

Details and patient eligibility

About

Up to 30 parent/child dyads will be recruited to participate in an m-Health intervention (delivered over smartphone, iPad/Tablet, or desktop/laptop) to promote healthy behaviors and healthy weight among children and their parents.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria for Child:

• Have at least one participating parent
• Be physically capable of exercise
• Be free of diseases that affect metabolism, body weight, and food intake, including type 1 or type 2 diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and cancer

Inclusion Criteria for Parent:

• Have a smart phone
• Be willing to use the smartphone for the mHealth intervention

Exclusion Criteria for Child:

• Significant cardiovascular disease or disorders via self-report from parent
• Other significant medical problems that would prevent them from engaging in regular physical activity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

m-health approach

Experimental group

Description:

All dyads will receive the m-health approach.

Treatment:

Behavioral: m-health approach