Health4Kids Intervention Trial for Hispanic Families

Launched by THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO · Jan 21, 2015

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ClinConnect Summary

Given the continuing rise of the U.S. Hispanic population, reversing the Hispanic childhood obesity epidemic is critical to the nation's future health. Mexican American children and those from socioeconomically disadvantaged families often are far more overweight and obese than their peers, heightening their risk for obesity-related health complications. Our proposed randomized controlled trial, the Health4Kids (H4K) Trial for Hispanic Families, aims to improve Hispanic children's body composition by testing a comprehensive, culturally and linguistically relevant, family-oriented interventi...

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• * A child is eligible for the POM trial for meeting the following criteria:
• • identified by parent or legal guardian as Hispanic
• • age 6-11
• • overweight or obese (BMI between the 85th and 99.9thth (\<99th) percentile for age and gender
• • one parent/guardian that the child resides with full-time must agree to participate in intervention and evaluation activities.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• * A child will be excluded if he/she has:
• • a mental, emotional, or physical handicap identified by parents or health care provider that may interfere with study participation
• • a diagnosis of cardiovascular, pulmonary, or digestive disease
• • parent without a cell phone
• • parent unable or not willing to receive text messages
• • child or parent planning to move from the local area within the time span of the study.