Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Nov 21, 2023
Date Accepted: Feb 23, 2024
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Effect of an Educational Intervention About Front of Package Labeling in Children and Caregivers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
ABSTRACT
Background:
Overweight and obesity are a public health problem worldwide. The etiology of overweight and obesity is of multifactorial origin, one of these factors is obesogenic environments, which promote ultra-processed foods, characterized by being high in calories, and rich in saturated fats, added sugars, and sodium. In Mexico, it has been estimated that 58% of the total energy consumed comes from processed foods. The Modification to the Official Mexican Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 (NOM 051), was approved in 2020 to provide nutritional information through black octagonal seals, facilitating the compression of nutritional content for a better selection of foods in the population, however, it is important to evaluate whether reinforcing front labeling with education enhances and makes its effects more sustainable.
Objective:
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of a digital educational intervention of front-of-package warning labeling on the selection and purchase of food in elementary school children and their caregivers.
Methods:
Third, fourth, and fifth-grade elementary school students and their caregivers from 4 primary schools, two public and two private, in Mexico City, will participate. The schools will be chosen by simple random sampling. Schools will be randomized into two groups: intervention and control. After approval from the directors of the primary schools, meetings will be held with parents to invite them to participate, they will be explained the objectives, activities, and duration of the intervention. They will be invited to sign a consent and informed assent, clarifying that their participation is voluntary and they may not continue at any time they wish without affecting their activities at school.
Results:
Funding was authorized in 2022, we are willing to start data collection on March/2024, we are no recruited yet, status of data analysis and expected results to be published in April/2025.
Conclusions:
Not yet available Clinical Trial: NCT06102473
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