The Effect of ObeseGO! Towards Adolescent Obesity

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Adolescent Behavioral Change
• Interventions: Behavioral: Pamphlets material; Behavioral: ObeseGO!

• Registration Number: NCT02360553
• Lead Sponsor: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-07
• Primary Completion: 2013-10
• Study Completion: 2013-11
• Study First Submitted: 2015-02-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-02-05
• Study First Posted: 2015-02-10
• Status Verified: 2015-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-03-27
• Last Update Posted: 2015-03-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 47

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Pamphlets material	Given pamphlets education mainly on diet and physical activity
Intervention	ObeseGO!	ObeseGO!-web-based intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body mass index	3 months	reduce of BMI

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Waist Circumference	3 months
Body fat percentage	3 months