Maternal perception of her child's body weight Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
The Healthy Change intervention is a multicentre two-arm randomized trial with four centres, three in Mexico: Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and and Zacatecas, and one in USA, San Antonio, Texas. Each center
2) How is my child’s weight? 3) Maternal feeding practices and physical activity, 4) I can do, which includes strategies for management child lifestyle behaviors related to the child’s weight.
2) Hygiene and food safety at home
3) Safe ways to store food in your kitchen
and 4) Accident prevention at home and surrounding areas.
First week: basal measurements
Four weeks: intervention
Sixth week: final measurements
Sponsors
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Women who are identified as mother of a child aged between 3 to 5 years 2. Child enrolled in one of the institutions selected in Mexico’s States 3. Mothers selected from the population that attends the Head Star Center located in San Antonio, Texas, who are Mexican-American
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Mothers who plan to change address 2. Children with special motor limitation or any disease that limits their growth and development
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Maternal perception of child weight (MPCW), measured using the questionnaire Perceptions about Physical Appearance and Health, using the question: I feel my child is: underweight, a little underweight, about the right weight, a little overweight, overweight, and body sketches in the age range 2 to 5 years old. Measured at baseline and 6 weeks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured at baseline and 6 weeks: 1. Maternal feeding styles, assessed using the Caregiver Feeding Style Questionnaire that categorizes the participants in four styles: a) authoritative, b) authoritarian, c) indulgent, and d) uninvolved 2. Maternal perception of influence on her child's health behaviors, assessed using two questions of the Questionnaire Perceptions about Physical Appearance and Health: I can influence my child's food choices and I can influence my child's amount physical activity. Participant with agreement or strong agreement were considered to have self-efficacy for the health behavior. Those with agreement or strong agreement to both statements were considered as affirming high self-efficacy for influencing their child’s health behaviors (Eckstein et al., 2006). 3. Obesogenic environment evaluated by the Family and Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) screening tool. The FNPA is a behaviorally based assessment designed to allow parents to evaluate obesogenic environments and practices that may predispose youth to becoming overweight. 4. Child BMI and percentage body fat. The child’s weight will be measured by Seca Scale 813 and height by Seca stadimeter 214, the body fat percentage will be measured by bioelectrical impedance by InBody 230. Child BMI will be classified according to the percentile in malnutrition (percentile <3), low weight (=3 and <15), normal weight (=15 and < 85), SP (=85 but < 97) and OB (=97) (WHO, 2012). | — |
Countries
Mexico, United States of America
Contacts
Public ContactYolanda Flores-Peña
Outcome results
None listed