Aim2Be mHealth intervention for children with overweight and obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of overweight and obesity remains high in Canada, and the current standard for the treatment of childhood obesity is in-person, family-based, multidisciplinary interventions that target lifestyle behaviors (e.g., diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors). These programs are costly to operate, have limited success, and report recruitment and retention challenges. With recent advances in technology, mobile health or mHealth has been presented as a viable alternative to in-person interventions for behavior change, especially with teens.

Purpose

The primary aim of this study is to test the efficacy of Aim2Be, a gamified app based on behavior change theory with health coaching to improve weight outcomes (i.e., decrease in standardized body mass i

SUBMITTER: Masse LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998843 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature