EYTO (European Youth Tackling Obesity): A Randomized Controlled Trial in Catalonia (Spain)

A Youth Led Social Marketing Campaign to Encourage Healthy Lifestyles. EYTO (European Youth Tackling Obesity): A Randomized Controlled Trial in Catalonia (Spain)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02157402

Acronym

EYTO-SPAIN

Enrollment

400

Registered

2014-06-06

Start date

2014-05-31

Completion date

2015-09-30

Last updated

2021-10-06

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Conditions

Life Style, Obesity

Keywords

Adolescent

Brief summary

Our hypothesis is that healthy lifestyles improvement by an intervention designed according 8 social marketing Benchmark criteria, can reduce overweight or obesity implemented by adolescents on their colleges. The general aim of EYTO program is to improve health and well-being among adolescents who live in low socioeconomically communities, through an intervention study designed by selected adolescents with the inclusion of social marketing Benchmark criteria.

Detailed description

5 adolescent coordinators (of intervention high-schools) will be trained by experts in social marketing and health promotion. This 5 selected adolescent as coordinators who will be in charge of the design of an 8 social marketing criteria intervention to implement their peers´ lifestyles. The program has over two academic years. The participants will be followed for the duration of 2 academic years, an expected of up to 16 months.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSocial marketing activities and pop-up events to promote healthy lifestyles

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

13 Years to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Informed consent signed by parents and/or guardians. * Adolescents between 13 and 17 years old.

Exclusion criteria

\- The lack of one or more inclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change of Fruit intake	Change from Baseline in fruit Intake at 2 academic years	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey
Change of Vegetable intake	Change from Baseline in vegetable Intake at 2 academic years	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey
Change of Physical activity practice	Change from Baseline in physical activity practice at 2 academic years	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change of Sedentary behaviour	Change from Baseline in sedentary behaviour at 2 academic years	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026