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NCT Number: NCT02360553

The Effect of ObeseGO! Towards Adolescent Obesity

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Adolescent Behavioral Change

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

ObeseGO!

Behavioral

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.

Pamphlets material

Behavioral

The control group will be given pamphlets material on diet and physical activity.

Primary outcomes

  1. Body mass index

    Time frame: 3 months

    reduce of BMI

Secondary outcomes

  1. Waist Circumference

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. Body fat percentage

    Time frame: 3 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Internet Based Intervention (OBESEGO!) Towards Obesity Among Adolescents

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Feb 10, 2015
Registry last updated
Mar 30, 2015

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