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The mFIT Study (Motivating Families With Interactive Technology)

NCT02361151 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2019-04-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The high rates of childhood obesity in the US demand innovative and cost-effective weight gain prevention tools; mobile applications (apps) represent one such solution. Using a randomized design, the mFIT study tests the effectiveness of using commercially available apps and a physical activity (PA) monitoring device (Tech, n=50 parent-child dyads) compared to the apps and PA device plus a mobile website and theory-based family intervention that encourages increased parent-child communication about PA and healthy eating as well as family behavior change (Tech+, n=50 parent-child dyads).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

TECH

Weekly newsletter with health information, mobile apps, and self-monitoring materials

BEHAVIORAL

TECH+

Weekly newsletter with health information, mobile apps, and self-monitoring materials along with theory-based mobile web intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, PhD, MS, RD · University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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