title: Changing the tide: an Internet/video exercise and low-fat diet intervention with middle-school students.
abstract: The rising tide of obesity erodes the health of youths and many times results in adult obesity. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effectiveness of an eight-session health promotion/transtheoretical model Internet/video-delivered intervention to increase physical activity and reduce dietary fat among low-income, culturally diverse, seventh-grade students. Those who completed more than half the sessions increased exercise, t (103) = -1.99, p = .05, and decreased the percentage of dietary fat, t (87) = 2.73, p = .008. Responses to the intervention by stage of change, race, and income are examined.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Marquette University, PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA. marilyn.frenn@marquette.edu
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frenn
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malin
authors.forename: Roger L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smyczek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004041:Dietary Fats; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014743:Videotape Recording
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats