Health Literacy and Overweight in Adolescents

University of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight and Obesity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03482193

HL-ado-obésité

Details and patient eligibility

About

Obesity in children and adolescents has become a major public health problem in recent years. In Belgium, 20% of people aged between 2 and 17 are overweight and 7% suffer from obesity. While studies often associate this overweight with socio-economic level, other factors, such as health literacy (HL), may also play a role. Among adolescents, some studies have shown an association between the level of HL and the Body Mass Index (BMI). Our study aims to investigate the association between HL of adolescents and their BMI.

This is a cross-sectional survey among 9 high schools in a medium city of Belgium, including 254 high school students aged between 12-17 years. Health literacy was assessed by the Health Literacy Measure for Adolescents (HELMA). Student's age, sex, weight, size and parental socio-economic status are gathered in the medical file during the medical examination organized by the schools after obtaining the informed consent of the students and their parents.

Enrollment: 254 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Studying in one of the participating school
• Being in 2nd or 4th year
• Parental consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

254 participants in 1 patient group

Adolescents

Description:

Adolescents in 2nd or 4th year in secondary school, from 9 different schools in Liège, Belgium.