MINISTOP Plus Program for Pre-school Children With Overweight and Obesity

Karolinska Institute

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Obesity, Childhood

Treatments: Behavioral: MINISTOP app; Behavioral: MINISTOP Plus Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05529043

2022-02956-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Mobile-based intervention intended to stop obesity in preschoolers (MINISTOP) program has been developed to be a comprehensive digital support program for all children irrespective of weight status. However, a one size fits all approach may not be sufficient as some families may require extra support through in-person activities to achieve the required lifestyle behaviour change in order to attain and maintain a healthy weight. Therefore, the aims of this pilot randomized controlled trial are to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of the MINISTOP Plus Program in pre-school children with overweight and obesity on: (i) children's BMI z-scores; (ii) intake of fruit and vegetables, sweet and savoury snacks, and sweet drinks; (iii) time spent in different physical activity intensities; (iv) screen time; and (v) parental self-efficacy.

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 2 to 5 year old children with overweight and obesity residing in the municipality of Kungsbacka.

Exclusion criteria

• If a child has a disease or disorder that affects body size or feeding.
• Children who have a parent suffering from a serious physical or psychological disease making the study too demanding for the family.
• Children from families who will not be able to understand the app content, i.e., those who do not speak Swedish, English, Arabic, or Somali

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

MINISTOP app

Active Comparator group

Description:

Receives the MINISTOP app for 12-months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MINISTOP app

MINISTOP Plus Program

Experimental group

Description:

Receives the MINISTOP app for 12-months and receives Community Group Mini.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MINISTOP Plus Program