TY  - GEN 
AU  - Delisle, Christine
AU  - Sandin, Sven
AU  - Forsum, Elisabet
AU  - Henriksson, Hanna
AU  - Trolle-Lagerros, Ylva
AU  - Larsson, Christel
AU  - Maddison, Ralph
AU  - Ortega Porcel, Francisco Bartolomé
AU  - Ruiz Ruiz, Jonatan
AU  - Silfvernagel, Kristin
AU  - Timpka, Toomas
AU  - Löf, Marie
PY  - 2015
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/35305
AB  - Background:

Childhood obesity is an increasing health problem globally. Overweight and obesity may be established as early as 2–5 years of age, highlighting the need for evidence-based effective prevention and treatment programs early in life. In...
AB  - Methods/Design:

A two-arm, parallel design randomized controlled trial in 300 healthy Swedish 4-year-olds is conducted. After baseline measures, parents are allocated to either an intervention- or control group. The 6- month mHealth intervention...
AB  - Discussion:

This novel study will evaluate the effectiveness of a mHealth program for mitigating gain in body fatness among 4-year-old children. If the intervention proves effective it has great potential to be implemented in child-health care to...
LA  - eng
PB  - Biomed Central
KW  - Childhood obesity
KW  - Randomized controlled trial
KW  - Mobile phones
KW  - Body composition
TI  - A web- and mobile phone-based intervention to prevent obesity in 4-year-olds (MINISTOP): a population-based randomized controlled trial
DO  - 10.1186/s12889-015-1444-8
ER  -