Obesity prevention program through the use of a mobile application. Intervention protocol
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v49.96351Keywords:
Intervention, childhood obesity, nutrition, physical activity, new technologies, primary education.Abstract
Childhood obesity is becoming a serious health problem, so it is necessary to design school programs that provide a solution to this situation. Therefore, the objective of this work is to design a preventive intervention for childhood obesity in primary school children, focused on nutritional education and increased physical activity (PA), using new technologies as a motivating element. The sample is made up of 80 students from the third cycle of Primary Education, 38 boys and 42 girls between the ages of 10 and 13. For the development of the program to promote PA and healthy eating, the participants are divided into two groups that carry out the same program, but one group also uses the "Class Dojo" mobile app (app) to reinforce it. Consequently, we hope to improve the nutrition knowledge and the PA level of schoolchildren and that this in the future can have a significant impact on their body mass index (BMI).
Keywords: Intervention, childhood obesity, nutrition, physical activity, new technologies, primary education.
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