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Nutrition WhatsApp messages to promote healthy eating in adolescents

mHealth intervention to promote healthy eating among Brazilian adolescents

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-5b9jk7
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-03-28
Start date
2019-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Noncommunicable Diseases

Interventions

Intervention group 1: 277 adolescents will receive tailored messages about healthy eating through WhatsApp, directed by Stages of Change of Behaviour during 14 weeks Intervention group 2: 101 adolesc
Behavioural
Other
SP6.026

Sponsors

Universidade de Brasília
Lead Sponsor
Universidade de Brasília
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
16 Years to 18 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Seniors healthy high school adolescents of the Federal District of Brazil; both genders; with expected age between 16 and 18 years; owner of a smartphone

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No signature or agreement of participation in the study by the adolescent or his or her responsible person

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Increased self-efficacy for the practice in ability to practice adequate and healthy eating, verified by a questionnaire with 19 items of a 5-point Likert type scale, ranging from 1- "I'm not sure" to 5- "I'm incredibly sure", results come from an observed variation of 5.66%

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Increased knowledge about adequate and healthy eating, verified by a self-filling questionnaire with a total score ranging from 0 to 75 points, results come from the finding of a significant increase of 1.5 in the knowledge score pre and post-intervention measurements;Memorization of messages of promotion of the adequate and healthy eating used during the intervention, verified by a questionnaire divided into two parts, the first is a Likert type scale of 5 points for the adolescent to manifest the degree of remembrance of a message of each theme. The second part of the questionnaire asks the same individual to describe five messages from the intervention it is remembered. The observation of the achievement of the outcome will be verified from a degree of remembrance greater than 85% in the first part of the questionnaire, and from registration of at least 3 correctly messages in the second part of the questionnaire;Improved variety of consumption of markers of an adequate and healthy diet and a decrease in the frequency of consumption of ultra-processed foods, verified by a questionnaire of food frequency of the previous day. The observation of the achievement of the outcome will be evidenced by significant positive variations in the prevalence of consumption of healthy foods compared to the prevalence of consumption of ultra-processed foods pre and post-intervention;Progress in the stages of change of the Transtheoretical Model in relation to a general diet based on the Food Guide, verified using an algorithm with five self-completed questions, results come from the observation that an individual had the stage progressed after the intervention

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactCarolina;Giselle Chagas;Melo

Universidade de Brasília;Universidade de Brasília

carolina.nutricionista@gmail.com;giselle-melo1502@hotmail.com+55613107174;+55613107174

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 17, 2026