EYTO (European Youth Tackling Obesity): A Randomized Controlled Trial in Catalonia (Spain) (EYTO-SPAIN)

University Rovira i Virgili

Status: Completed

Conditions: Life Style; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Social marketing activities and pop-up events to promote healthy lifestyles

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02157402

EYTO-SPAIN

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Informed consent signed by parents and/or guardians.
• Adolescents between 13 and 17 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• The lack of one or more inclusion criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will received activities and social events designed according 8 social marketing Benchmark criteria to promote healthy lifestyles.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Social marketing activities and pop-up events to promote healthy lifestyles

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not received any intervention activities and social events to promote healthy lifestyles.