A Community-Based Short Message Service Intervention to Improve Mothers' Feeding Practices for Obesity Prevention: Quasi-Experimental Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing in China, and the effect of mobile phone short message service (SMS) interventions to prevent early childhood obesity needs to be evaluated.

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the effect of an SMS intervention on the prevention of obesity in young children.

Methods

A quasi-experimental design SMS intervention was carried out in 4 community health centers (CHCs) in Shanghai, China. A total of 2 CHCs were assigned to the intervention group, and 2 CHCs were assigned to the control group. Mothers in the intervention group received weekly SMS messages on breastfeeding and infant feeding from the third trimester to 12 months postpartum. The primary outcomes were children's body mass index (BMI), B

SUBMITTER: Jiang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6638993 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature