Overview
The overall aim of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a digital intervention to support parents to create healthy lifestyle behaviours from the start of their infant's life, in order to prevent overweight and obesity. Using a randomized controlled trial with a hybrid type I implementation-effectiveness design we will:
- evaluate the effectiveness of the 16-month Health4Life intervention on:
- Children's' dietary intake, screen time, physical activity, and sleep
- Children's body mass index (BMI) z-scores
- Parental self-efficacy
- Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the Health4Life app.
- Evaluate and explore the implementation of the Health4Life app within primary child healthcare with regards to its:
- acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility according to child healthcare nurses.
- satisfaction and usage by parents.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- 0-2 month old infants at routine visits at selected child healthcare centers in Sweden.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Infants diagnosed with a neurological or endocrine disorder.
- Infants who have a parent suffering from a serious physical or psychological disease making the study too demanding for the family.
- Infants from families who will not be able understand the content of the app.