National Childhood Obesity Prevention Programme BE FIT 24

NCT07057453 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: UZIS 2025/5
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The project is a national, prospective, multicenter, interventional pilot project of early detection of childhood overweight and the prevention of obesity in the Czech Republic. The main goal of the project is to methodically prepare, implement and evaluate a pilot project that will verify the suitability of the proposed procedure of early detection of childhood overweight and the prevention of obesity and setting up and testing new methods and implementation into the system of health care.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity

Keywords

Early detection; Overweight; Fitness bracelets

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mean percentage change in BMI of children over the intervention period

  Up to 1 year from enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Changes in BMI by subgroups of children (by gender, age, region, with/without playmate)

  Up to 1 year from enrollment

• Evaluation of energy expenditure (kilojoules) measured using a fitness bracelet during the competition weeks.

  Up to 1 year from enrollment

• Proportion of children who completed the full process (one-year participation in the program)

  Up to 1 year from enrollment

Study Arms (1)

Overweight Children

OTHER

Overweight children aged 6-11 years who will receive a fitness bracelet and use a gamified mobile app to encourage physical activity and healthy habits through interactive challenges and rewards.

Other: Motivation Engagement for Movement and Interactive Nutrition Development

Interventions

Motivation Engagement for Movement and Interactive Nutrition Development OTHER

The intervention includes using of fitness bracelets, a gamified mobile app, a web portal, and regular pediatric check-ups to support healthy habits in overweight children (6-11 years). The bracelets track physical activity, while the mobile app monitors energy balance, encouraging movement and healthy eating through challenges and rewards. The web portal provides family education, and pediatric check-ups track progress and overall health outcomes.

Overweight Children

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Age: 6-11 years
• BMI: Between the 90th and 97th percentile
• Signed consent to participate in the project and GDPR

You may not qualify if:

• Children with a BMI between the 90th and 97th percentile with an associated chronic disease requiring continuous pharmacological treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic: lead
• Czech Technical University in Prague: collaborator
• STOB CZ s.r.o.: collaborator
• Charles University, Czech Republic: collaborator
• Ceska Lekarska Spolecnost Jana Evangelisty Purkyne z.s.: collaborator
• Czech Medical Chamber: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Czech Medical Chamber

Prague, Czechia, 19000, Czechia

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity; Overweight

Interventions

Movement

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Obesity; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Petr Jehlička, PhD

  Pediatric Cardiology, Plzeň, Czech Republic

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Michal Hink, Msc

CONTACT

771270565; michal.hink@uzis.cz

Lucie Mandelová, PhD

CONTACT

lucie.mandelova@uzis.cz

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2025
• First Posted: July 9, 2025
• Study Start: November 19, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Last Updated: July 9, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Locations

CZ (1)