Trial reportBMC pediatrics2014
Feasibility and impact of Creciendo Sanos, a clinic-based pilot intervention to prevent obesity among preschool children in Mexico City.
Trial report in BMC pediatrics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01539070 (Design and Feasibility of a Clinical-based Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Preschool Children), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Design and Feasibility of a Clinical-based Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Preschool Children
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 20 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to Reduce Screen Time in Preschool-Aged Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of intervention on screen time in preschoolers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in Latinx children birth to 6 years globally: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Family sports interventions for the treatment of obesity in childhood: a meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Preventing and treating childhood overweight and obesity in children up to 5 years old: A systematic review by intervention setting.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions to Prevent Obesity in Mexican Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Pooled it
- Experiential Learning Interventions and Healthy Eating Outcomes in Children: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Measurement of screen time among young children aged 0-6 years: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Black American and Latinx Parent/Caregiver Participation in Digital Health Obesity Interventions for Children: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Latin American interventions in children and adolescents' sedentary behavior: a systematic review.Revista de saude publica · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- The willingness to participate in biomedical research involving human beings in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Strategies to increase children's vegetable intake in home and community settings: a systematic review of literature.Maternal & child nutrition · 2017Pooled it
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12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMexico has the highest adult overweight and obesity prevalence in the Americas; 23.8% of children <5 years old are at risk for overweight and 9.7% are already overweight or obese. Creciendo Sanos was a pilot intervention to prevent obesity among preschoolers in Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) clinics.
methodsWe randomized 4 IMSS primary care clinics to either 6 weekly educational sessions promoting healthful nutrition and physical activity or usual care. We recruited 306 parent-child pairs: 168 intervention, 138 usual care. Children were 2-5 years old with WHO body mass index (BMI) z-score 0-3. We measured children's height and weight and parents reported children's diet and physical activity at baseline and 3 and 6-month follow-up. We analyzed behavioral and BMI outcomes with generalized mixed models incorporating multiple imputation for missing values.
results93 (55%) intervention and 96 (70%) usual care families completed 3 and 6-month follow-up. At 3 months, intervention v. usual care children increased vegetables by 6.3 servings/week (95% CI, 1.8, 10.8). In stratified analyses, intervention participants with high program adherence (5-6 sessions) decreased snacks and screen time and increased vegetables v. usual care. No further effects on behavioral outcomes or BMI were observed. Transportation time and expenses were barriers to adherence. 90% of parents who completed the post-intervention survey were satisfied with the program.
conclusionsAlthough satisfaction was high among participants, barriers to participation and retention included transportation cost and time. In intention to treat analyses, we found intervention effects on vegetable intake, but not other behaviors or BMI.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT01539070.Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica del IMSS: 2009-785-120.
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