Healthy Living in Overweight and Obese Adolescents ASGE-FABES Program in Development of Formats

The aim of this project is to evaluate the impact of ASGE-FABES Program for the prevention of obesity in adolescents on physical activity, nutritional and mental health of overweight and obese adolescents. The program aims at promoting cognitive and behavioral skills for overweight and obese adolescents to lose weight in a healthy way, to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors, to make healthy choices, to increase their knowledge of nutrition and physical activity, to assume their own health responsibilities and to cope with stress. In the study, quot;experimental design type with randomized groups, pretest-posttest control group, repeated measurement" was used. The sample of the study consisted of 250 overweight and obese adolescents studying in the 6th grade of 10 secondary schools in Şişli district of Istanbul. The data of the study were collected using with Socio-Demographic Characteristics Form,Adolescent Nutrition Information Scale,Adolescent Physical Activity Information Scale, Adolescent Lifestyle Scale, Adolescent Healthy Lifestyle Choose Scale, Beck Anxiety Scale, Daily Food Consumption Form and Beverage Consumption Form.The data were collected before the application, at the first week after the application, and at the sixth and 12th months. Descriptive statistical tests, pearson chi-square tests, t-test in similar groups, repeated measures anova, and Cohen's effect size tests were used in the analysis of the study. There was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of the descriptive characteristics, behavioral and cognitive variables of adolescents.

Inclusion criteria

• being overweight or obese
• 11-12 age range
• children asked by their parents to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• having a genetic disease
• normal weight
• mental disability