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Healthy Lifestyle Promotion Program in Communities From the Yaqui Valley

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Cardiovascular Diseases
Interventions
Behavioral: NUTRIGANDO
Registration Number
NCT05945862
Lead Sponsor
Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora
Brief Summary

The aim is to evaluate the change in indicators of lifestyle and its effect on cardiometabolic biomarkers as a response to an integrative mother-child intervention to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent food insecurity and child malnutrition in vulnerable communities in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico. The intervention consists in a program including nutrition education and physical activity training, with a total duration of 6 months. The proposal addresses the problem in an integrative and non-conventional way, generating new multifactorial knowledge of cardiometabolic and behavioral markers, and their relationship with each other, helping to reduce family food insecurity and improving lifestyle and health, and to support vulnerable families in achieving social justice in the field of nutrition.

Detailed Description

At present, the development and implementation of interventions in low-income families linking child malnutrition and food insecurity with cardiometabolic diseases, which are fundamental national health problems, is a priority. Educating mothers in this context is a fundamental tool for the prevention and early detection of nutritional diseases, since they are the main caregivers at home, and play a unique role as agents of change and promoters of family well-being. In addition, by training a child in healthy lifestyles, a healthy adult is being developed for the future, who in turn will raise healthy families. The aim of the study is to evaluate the change in indicators of lifestyle, such as diet and physical activity, and its effect on cardiometabolic biomarkers in response to an integrative mother-child intervention to promote healthy lifestyles and to prevent food insecurity and child malnutrition in vulnerable communities in the Yaqui Valley in Sonora, Mexico. The intervention consists in promoting healthy lifestyles for mothers and children in a 6-month program including: food-nutrition education to prevent child malnutrition and cardiometabolic diseases, promotion of planned physical activity, education for child health and cooking workshops. The proposal aims to address the problem in an integrative and non-conventional way, generating new knowledge from the multifactorial field of family, cardiometabolic and behavior, and it will be carried out in vulnerable rural communities. The culture and traditions of the region will be considered in the intervention so that families empower themselves and manage to develop and adopt healthy lifestyles within home, and thereby influencing the well-being and social justice of vulnerable communities. The proposal entails the participation of the mother-child dyad, evaluating the basal risk conditions, and the subsequent change in response to the intervention. This family intervention represents a sustainable community model that incorporates health and combats food insecurity.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Children: ages 7 to 12 years.
  • Parents: father, mother or guardian, all adults.
  • Residency in Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico.
  • Show interest and time availability to complete all the protocol and measurements.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Children whose parents have not signed the informed consent.
  • Those with cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, etc. and therefore are subjected to a specific diet or therapeutic treatment.
  • Those with any mental condition or illness, as well as any condition that includes a specific diet, exercise and/or lifestyle treatment/therapy that it would not reflect the common habits.
  • Others: any other condition that physically affects the ability to participate in the program

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Nutrition-Physical activity ProgramNUTRIGANDOParticipants within the nutrition education and physical activity program
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Waist circumference6 months

Waist circumference in cm using a Lufkin tape

Body fat6 months

Body fat in kg measured by a portable body composition scale

Weight6 months

Weight in kg measured by a portable body composition scale

Body mass index6 months

Body mass index (BMI) calculated from weight divided by height (in squared meters)

Height6 months

Height in cm measured by a portable stadiometer

Blood pressure6 months

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured with a blood pressure monitor

Physical activity6 months

Physical activity will be measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, which measures the time per week spent on vigorous, moderate, light, and sedentary physical activities.

Fasting glucose6 months

Measured in serum using a clinical chemistry analyzer

Total cholesterol6 months

Measured in serum using a clinical chemistry analyzer

Triglycerides6 months

Measured in serum using a clinical chemistry analyzer

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Family interactionBaseline

Measured through The McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD), which is a 60-item questionnaire that measures an individual's perceptions of his/her family. The score is calculated by adding the responses (1-4) for each scale and dividing by the number of items in each scale (6-12). Higher scores indicate worse levels of family functioning.

Traditional Mexican Diet Score6 months

Foods within the Traditional Mexican Diet by the score proposed by Valerino-Perea et al. (2021), which consists of a score from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 21, in which 21 is the best score for the Traditional Mexican Diet

Psychosocial well-beingBaseline

Psychosocial well-being in children measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for parents, which asks about positive and negative attributes across next characteristics: Total difficulties (scale from 0 to 40, highest is the worse); Emotional symptoms (scale from 0 to 10, highest is the worse); Conduct problems (scale from 0 to 10, highest is the worse); Hyperactivity/Inattention (scale from 0 to 10, highest is the worse); Peer Relationship Problems (scale from 0 to 10, highest is the worse); and Prosocial Behavior (scale from 0 to 10, lower is the worse).

Food intake6 months

Food intake measured by duplicated 24 hour recalls

Lifestyle6 months

Measured by the Fantastic questionnaire that includes the dimensions: F = Family and friends (2 items); A = Activity and Associativity (3 items); N = Nutrition (3 items); T = Tobacco (2 items); A = Alcohol and other substances (6 items); S = Sleep and stress (3 items); T = Type of personality (3 items); I = Introspection (3 items); and C = Control of health (3 items). The score ranges from 0 to 50, with the highest score being the best (a healthy lifestyle).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora

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Cd. Obregon, Sonora, Mexico

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