Healthy Change: intervention in maternal perception of pre-school child weight

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Maternal perception of her child's body weight; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12281648
• Lead Sponsor: niversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Brief Summary

2018 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29843670 (added 01/07/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-10-04
• Study Completion: 2018-11-30
• Last Update Posted: 10 December 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women who are identified as mother of a child aged between 3 to 5 years
2. Child enrolled in one of the institutions selected in Mexico’s States
3. Mothers selected from the population that attends the Head Star Center located in San Antonio, Texas, who are Mexican-American

Exclusion Criteria

1. Mothers who plan to change address
2. Children with special motor limitation or any disease that limits their growth and development

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maternal perception of child weight (MPCW), measured using the questionnaire Perceptions about Physical Appearance and Health, using the question: I feel my child is: underweight, a little underweight, about the right weight, a little overweight, overweight, and body sketches in the age range 2 to 5 years old. Measured at baseline and 6 weeks.