The Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of the Mindful-Healthy Family Intervention With Rural Families (MHFproject)
Overweight and Obesity
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Overweight and Obesity
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children aged 3-6 years old and one of his/her parent whose BMI >25 but less than 45.
- Both parent and child are required to enroll together
Exclusion Criteria:
- excluding participants who are pregnant at baseline.
- exclude mentally and/or physically disabled person.
Sites / Locations
- Michigan State UniversityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
MM-based MI group
Control group
Intervention group parents will receive 9 intervention sessions every other week by trained staff via 9 online sessions via Zoom or phone calls. Each intervention session will last 30-40 minutes. Intervention group parents will receive 3 text messages per week. No in-person contacts will be conducted without MSU department permission. All assessments will be delivered remotely with guided phone calls or zoom conference. The assessment of dyads' BMI, %BF, and WC will be obtained remotely from the parents using the scale and measuring tape delivered to their home.
Control group parents will receive a total of 9 emailed packets of educational materials (without information related to the mindfulness-based motivational interviewing [MM-based-MI]). The pre and post assessments will be collected the same way as the participants at intervention group.