Healthy Living in Overweight and Obese Adolescents ASGE-FABES Program in Development of Formats
Condition: Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors; Overweight Adolescents; Obese Adolescents
MeSH terms: Overweight
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The aim of this project is to develop multiple behavioral strategies for the prevention of
      obesity in adolescents.

      ASGE-FABES [Adolescent Health Promotion Physical Activity, Physical activity of overweight
      and obese youth of Nutrition, Stress Management] Program,to evaluate its effects on nutrition
      and mental health. Program overweight and obeseadolescents to lose weight in a healthy way,
      healthy lifestyle behaviors make healthy choices, nutritional and physical activity
      knowledgecognitive and It aims to gain behavioral skills. In the study, "pretest-posttest in
      randomized groupswith control group, with repeated measures & quot; experimental design type
      is used. The sample of the research,250 (125-experiment, 125-control) constituted an
      overweight and obese adolescent.
    

Detailed description: 
      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&quot; 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&#39;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.
    

Intervention name(s): ASGE-FABES Program
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): In the control group study, pretest-posttest and experimental design with repeated measurements were used in randomized groups. An overweight and obese adolescent constituted the sample of 250 (125-experiment, 125-control) of the study. Research data Socio-Demographic Features Information Form, Adolescent Nutrition Information Scale, Adolescent Physical Activity Information Scale, Adolescent Lifestyle Scale, Healthy Lifestyle Choice Scale for Adolescents, Beck Anxiety Scale, Daily Food Consumption Form, Beverage Consumption Form, collected using. Data are saved before and after application. ASGEFABES PROGRAM was applied to the experimental group for 10 weeks. Measurements after the training program were collected in four measurements: 1st week, 6th and 12th months.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: Adolescent health; nursing; obesity; school health; healthy lifestyle behaviors