Effectiveness Evaluation of Three Strategies of Promotion of Healthy Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviours to Prevent Weight Excess Among Teenagers

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of three public health intervention strategies to reduce weight excess and obesity prevalence among teenagers within the frame of a public health program aiming at promoting healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.

Conditions

• Body Weight
• Nutrition Processes
• Prevention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Educational strategy

1.Educational strategy. The strategy is to implement health promotion actions aiming at developing personal skills to adopt healthy behaviors in the field of nutrition and physical activity in conformity with up-to-date recommendations and references. Each adolescent will be provided with about 50 education hours distributed in individual and collective activities in school (15 hours), interventions during courses (20 hours), and outdoors activities (15 hours).

BEHAVIORAL

Screening strategy

2\. Screening strategy. Screening includes measurement of BMI and plotting the growing chart with adolescents, measurement of eating troubles. Screening will be performed by the school medical and nurse team. At risk subjects will be defined according to precise criteria and will be referred to the GP and to obesity networks developed by Health Insurance system where they are provided with specific activities with dieticians, physical activity teachers and psychologists. Subjects with psychological difficulties will be referred for psychological care.

OTHER

Environmental strategy

3\. Environmental strategy. The strategy is to develop in schools favorable and supportive environments for healthy behaviors targeting the collective catering and physical activity offer and the establishment policy. Especially actions aim at increase fruits and vegetables availability, water consumption, physical activity inside the schools.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National conservatory of arts and crafts (CNAM)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regional institute for health education (IRES)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Local school office of the academy of Nancy-Metz

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Nancy

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Serge Briançon, Pr · Public Health School

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2006-09-30

Primary Completion

2009-12-31

Completion

2009-12-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations