Adolescent Behavioral Change
Conditions
Brief summary
Adolescents nowadays is having most of their times other than school hours spending on screen by playing games, watching the movies and surfing the internet. Thus, it was suggested that Internet-based interventions have the potential for establishing healthy dietary style and physical activity that may persist in adulthood and reduce the risk of chronic disease. Preventing adolescent obesity requires an attitude of willingness by adolescents to implement healthy behaviors. By providing the health related activities in website, it would help the adolescents to spend time on screen by having something which can benefit them and improve their knowledge and attitudes.
Detailed description
This study done in improving the health promotion in Malaysia. It will be an evidenced in creating the most effective way in creating the awareness among adolescent. By having an effective health promotion it will help in reducing the prevalence of obesity and improving health among adolescents hence will reducing the comorbidities among adulthood.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALObeseGO!
The intervention group were received the obeseGO! intervention which is an internet-based intervention. The participants and the parents who are randomly chosen to enroll in this intervention group were provided with the ObeseGO! website. The website was accessed at www.obesego.com. The website consists of various informations on healthy lifestyle, diet and ways to overcome obesity.
BEHAVIORALPamphlets material
The control group will be given pamphlets material on diet and physical activity.
Sponsors
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Students aged of 16 years old (adolescents) in secondary school in Kuala Lumpur who have BMI of more than 25 kg/m2, have one guardian or parent who willing to join the study and having access to internet at home were then selected to join this study
Exclusion criteria
* those who are having existing medical condition and having weight loss more than 2 kg in last two months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Body mass index | 3 months | reduce of BMI |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Waist Circumference | 3 months |
| Body fat percentage | 3 months |
Outcome results
None listed