306
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2013
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2013
Eating and physical activity counseling
"The parents of overweight children will be invited to attend a total of 6 group sessions (the group will be comprised of 6 children with their parents) on a weekly basis, in which 5 aspects will be dealt with 1) Dietary culture, risk-benefit practices, 2) The process of feeding (acquisition/preparation/service Eating behaviors), 3) Physical activity habits, 4) Importance of weighing/measuring oneself and its meaning, 5) feedback and evaluations. These aspects and contents will be distributed throughout the 6 sessions.~There will be two more individual session, at 3 and 6 months respectively, for the reinforcement of recommendations provided for the modification of dietary behaviors and physical activity."
Epidemiology and Health Services Research Unit, Coordination of Health Research. Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico, D.F., Mexico City
Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez
OTHER
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
OTHER
Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
NIH
Inter-American Development Bank
OTHER
Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico
OTHER
University of Guelph
OTHER
Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico
OTHER_GOV