Mini-ME - an innovative and fun, early childhood obesity prevention program that will help AA girls aged 4-8 years adopt HEAL practices.

Mini-ME - 一项创新且有趣的早期儿童肥胖预防计划，将帮助 4-8 岁的 AA 女孩采取 HEAL 做法。

• 批准号: 10080409
• 负责人: Tony Xuyen Ma
• 金额: $ 41.27万
• 依托单位: BENTEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-04 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10080409
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Obesity among children is an escalating problem and among all other ethnic groups, African American (AA) children have the highest prevelance of pediatric obesity. One in 4 AA girls are obese – the obesity rate among AA girls is higher than girls of other ethnicities and AA boys as well. Obesity increases a child’s risk for various chronic lifestyle conditions and is associated with a greater likelihood of these conditions persisting in adulthood as well. Research suggests that the onset of obesity among girls begins around age 6, and it is important to address obesity prevention in early childhood since it is a crucial period for developing taste preferences and healthy behaviors. A lack of healthy eating and active living (HEAL) is the leading contributor to childhood obesity and there are various barriers such as cultural norms, lack of knowledge, lack of role models and safety concerns of neighborhoods, that prevent AA girls from adopting HEAL practices. For this Phase 1 SBIR project, we propose Mini-ME - an innovative and fun, early childhood obesity prevention program that will help AA girls aged 4-8 years adopt HEAL practices through observational learning and effective role modeling using a smart doll and an animated video series with reinforcement from primary caregivers. Mini-ME will be designed and developed by Benten Technologies, led by Principal Investigator (PI) Tony Ma, in collaboration with Dr. Daheia Barr-Anderson of University of Minnesota (Co-I), Dr. Cotwright of University of Georgia (Co-I), and Tony Hu (Consultant) from the MIT Media Lab. The specific aims of this Phase I project are: 1) Develop a prototype of the Mini-ME program with a smart doll, animated video series, and a mobile app using formative research, initially for overweight/obese AA girls between the ages of 4-8 years old; 2) Conduct a 2-week pilot testing of Mini-ME with 20 overweight/obese AA girls between the ages 4- 8 years and their primary caregiver in a real-world setting to assess feasibility (engagement, usability, and acceptance). Impact: The short-term impact will be the feasibility, acceptance and engagement of AA girls and their primary caregiver with the Mini-ME program, and evaluate feasibility and acceptance of the smart doll and video characters to serve as role models for HEAL behaviors. If successful, this study will demonstrate that the development and implementation of a play and media-based intervention for obesity prevention among children is feasible. For Phase II, we plan to complete the development of the 12-week program, complete the “Imani and Me” video series with additional fun, engaging and educational episodes, and test the effects of the Mini-ME program on increasing knowledge and self-efficacy related to HEAL practices, and improving the adoption of HEAL behaviors i.e., adoption of healthy eating patterns and engagement in PA, among AA girls.

项目摘要/摘要 儿童中的肥胖是一个不断升级的问题，在所有其他种族中，非裔美国人（AA） 儿童的小儿肥胖症患病率最高。四分之一的AA女孩是肥胖的 - 肥胖率 AA女孩还高于其他种族的女孩和AA男孩。肥胖增加了孩子的各种风险 长期的生活方式条件，与这些条件的更大可能性有关 成年也是。研究表明，女孩之间的肥胖症开始于6岁左右，这是 重要的是要在幼儿期预防肥胖症，因为这是发展味道的关键时期 偏好和健康行为。缺乏健康的饮食和活跃的生活（治愈）是主要贡献者 到童年肥胖症，存在各种障碍，例如文化规范，缺乏知识，缺乏角色 社区的模型和安全问题，以防止AA女孩采用治疗方法。为了这 第1阶段SBIR项目，我们提出了Mini -Me-一种创新而有趣的，早期的儿童肥胖症 可以帮助4-8岁的女孩通过观察学习和 使用智能娃娃和动画视频系列进行有效的榜样，并加强了主要的 照顾者。 Mini-Me将由Benten Technologies设计和开发，由首席研究员（PI）领导 托尼·马（Tony Ma）与明尼苏达大学（Co-I）的达希亚·巴尔·安德森（Daheia Barr-Anderson）博士合作，科特赖特博士 佐治亚大学（CO-I）和麻省理工学院媒体实验室的Tony Hu（顾问）。这个特定的目的 第一阶段项目是：1）使用智能娃娃，动画视频系列开发迷你我程序的原型， 以及使用形成性研究的移动应用程序，最初用于超重/肥胖的AA女孩4-8岁的女孩 年龄； 2）对Mini-Me进行为期2周的飞行员测试，其中20个超重/肥胖的AA女孩在4岁之间 8年及其在现实环境中的主要照顾者，以评估可行性（可用性，可用性和 验收）。 影响：短期影响将是AA女孩及其主要的可行性，接受和参与 Mini-Me计划的护理人员，并评估智能娃娃和视频的可行性和接受 角色充当治愈行为的榜样。如果成功，这项研究将证明 开发和实施基于游戏和媒体的干预措施，以预防肥胖 孩子是可行的。对于第二阶段，我们计划完成为期12周计划的开发，完成 “ Imani和我”视频系列带有其他有趣，引人入胜和教育的情节，并测试了 关于增加与治疗实践相关的知识和自我效能的迷你我计划，并改善 采用治疗行为，即适应健康的饮食模式和在PA中的参与。