Effectiveness of a Smartphone App (MINISTOP 2.0) integrated in primary child health care to promote healthy diet and physical activity behaviors and prevent obesity in preschool-aged children: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood overweight and obesity is a public health priority. We have previously reported the efficacy of a parent-oriented mobile health (mHealth) app-based intervention (MINISTOP 1.0) which showed improvements in healthy lifestyle behaviors. However, the effectiveness of the MINISTOP app in real-world conditions needs to be established.

Objective

To evaluate the real-world effectiveness of a 6-month mHealth intervention (MINISTOP 2.0 app) on children's intake of fruits, vegetables, sweet and savory treats, sweet drinks, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and screen time (primary outcomes), and on parental self-efficacy (PSE) for promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors, and children's body mass index (BMI) (secondary outcomes).

Methods

A hybrid type 1 e

SUBMITTER: Alexandrou C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9942425 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature