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Health Literacy and Overweight in Adolescents

U

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.

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