Mohammed Nawi Azmawati, Che Jamaludin Farrah Ilyani
Department of Community Health, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bdr Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Malaysia.
Malays J Med Sci. 2015 Jul-Aug;22(4):47-56.
Co-morbidities in adulthood is a significant problem and is associated with obesity during adolescent.
This 3-months randomised controlled trial was aimed at determining the effectiveness of having internet-based intervention (obeseGO!) toward obesity among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur. Forty seven students were assigned randomly to the obeseGO! (intervention) group for internet-based intervention i.e., information on healthy lifestyle and diet were provided via the internet. Fifty students were assigned to the control group, where pamphlets containing health education were provided to these students. The measurement of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and the body fat percentage was taken at baseline and after 12 weeks of intervention.
The multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) analysis found that obeseGO! had a small effect in reducing BMI, waist circumference and body fat percentage.
The internet-based obesity intervention program may be an effective medium for promoting healthy diet and physical activity among the obese adolescents.
成年期的合并症是一个重大问题,且与青少年时期的肥胖有关。
这项为期3个月的随机对照试验旨在确定基于互联网的干预措施(obeseGO!)对吉隆坡青少年肥胖问题的有效性。47名学生被随机分配到obeseGO!(干预)组,接受基于互联网的干预,即通过互联网提供健康生活方式和饮食方面的信息。50名学生被分配到对照组,向这些学生提供包含健康教育内容的宣传册。在基线时以及干预12周后测量体重指数(BMI)、腰围和体脂百分比。
多变量方差分析(MANOVA)发现,obeseGO! 在降低BMI、腰围和体脂百分比方面有较小的效果。
基于互联网的肥胖干预项目可能是促进肥胖青少年健康饮食和体育活动的有效媒介。