Changing the tide: an Internet/video exercise and low-fat diet intervention with middle-school students.
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.
Frenn
Marilyn
M
College of Nursing, Marquette University, PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA. marilyn.frenn@marquette.edu
Malin
Shelly
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Brown
Roger L
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Greer
Yvonne
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Fox
Jaime
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Greer
Jennifer
J
Smyczek
Sarah
S
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
D004041:Dietary Fats