Our hypothesis is that healthy lifestyles improvement by an intervention designed according 8 social marketing Benchmark criteria, can reduce overweight or obesity implemented by adolescents on their colleges. The general aim of EYTO program is to improve health and well-being among adolescents who live in low socioeconomically communities, through an intervention study designed by selected adolescents with the inclusion of social marketing Benchmark criteria.
5 adolescent coordinators (of intervention high-schools) will be trained by experts in social marketing and health promotion. This 5 selected adolescent as coordinators who will be in charge of the design of an 8 social marketing criteria intervention to implement their peers´ lifestyles. The program has over two academic years. The participants will be followed for the duration of 2 academic years, an expected of up to 16 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
400
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Reus, Tarragona, Spain
Change of Fruit intake
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey
Time frame: Change from Baseline in fruit Intake at 2 academic years
Change of Vegetable intake
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey
Time frame: Change from Baseline in vegetable Intake at 2 academic years
Change of Physical activity practice
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey
Time frame: Change from Baseline in physical activity practice at 2 academic years
Change of Sedentary behaviour
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey
Time frame: Change from Baseline in sedentary behaviour at 2 academic years
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