An interventional study of Psychoeducational intervention in Child Malnutrition, Child Overnutrition and Malnutrition in Children, sponsored by Universidad de Monterrey. Completed. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-05-13.
Sponsored by Universidad de Monterrey · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
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The purpose of this study is to develop, implement and evaluate a psychoeducational intervention focused to improve nutritional status, specifically micronutrients, of mothers and caregivers of children between the ages of 5 and 13 years and their children through providing healthy cooking lessons in their communities.
Mexico's malnutrition problem goes beyond lack of food. Nutrition transition in our country has modified dietary patterns in a way that now we observe more and more a decrease in consumption of micronutrient rich foods, like vegetables, and an increase in consumption of high energy-dense foods with low content of micronutrients (highly processed foods). In Mexico, over 70% of the population presents an inadequate vegetable intake, with a higher prevalence in scholars (5 - 11 years), where only 17% of them consume >50% of the recommended vegetable intake. A vegetable poor diet is related to malnutrition, poor cognitive development and low physical performance. Added to this, Mexican families have lost the tradition of cooking at home. It is well known that different factors contribute to a population's diet and cooking at home as well as eating with the family have been identified as fundamental factors to promote a healthy diet. Therefore, the aim of this psychoeducational intervention in nutrition is to improve nutritional status in families, particularly mothers and caregivers of children between the ages of 5 and 13 years and their children through providing healthy cooking lessons in their communities where the optimal preparation and use of local foods based on vegetables is promoted at the same time the importance of cooking at home and eating as a family is highlighted.
168 studies on the registry are indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders; 35 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 65 is below the median of 400 across 133 interventional studies indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders.
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Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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Participants will be receiving a cooking lesson in their community every 2 weeks for 1 year.
Behavioral: Psychoeducational intervention
These are participants from the communities where the intervention is active but are not attending the cooking lessons.
A mobile kitchen visits the 5 selected communities every 2 weeks for a period of 1 year. A 30 minute cooking lesson is given by a trained instructor, the recipes have been designed to be quick and easy to make, use local and inexpensive ingredients, contain mostly vegetables and have a good taste. During the lesson, healthy habit and cooking tips are mentioned. A printed version of the recipe is given to every participant. Every lesson a different participant is encouraged to help prepare the recipe. At the end of the lesson all the participants get to taste the meal and express their opinion.
Also known as: Psychoeducational intervention in nutrition
Change in food knowledge and behaviour
questionnaire
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 1 year
Change in vegetable intake
24 hour recall
Time frame: baseline, 1 year
Change in dietary practices
questionnaire
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 1 year
Change in food waste
questionnaire
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 1 year
Change in cognitive development in children
questionnaire
Time frame: baseline, 1 year
Change in anthropometry
weight, height and waist circumference
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 1 year
Change in micronutrient status
serum sample
Time frame: baseline, 1 year
Change in inflammatory markers
serum sample
Time frame: baseline, 1 year
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The record gives a start of Jun 2014, a primary completion of Jul 2015 and a completion of Dec 2015. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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