title: Evaluating the Efficacy of the Feeding Exercise Randomized Trial in Overweight and Obese Adolescents.
abstract: The Feeding Exercise Trial in Adolescents (FETA) aimed to evaluate whether a community-based, parents-involving, combined physical activity and nutritional education program was effective in improving adiposity profiles in overweight and obese adolescents.
  
  
  
  A total of 181 overweight and obese adolescents aged 13-15 years old were randomized in the three study groups ("Diet & Activity," "Activity," and Control). The Activity intervention included a 45-minute, 3-day per week supervised training program, while the Diet & Activity intervention included a supplementary 15 minutes of group-based sessions attended by the parents. The intervention lasted 3 months and the participants were followed for another 3 months after the intervention. The participants were assessed for anthropometric measures and activity and fulfilled the modified version of the questionnaire "Family Eating and Activity Habits Questionnaire" (FEAHQ).
  
  
  
  Both "Activity" only and "Diet & Activity" groups reduced significantly (p < 0.001) their mean body mass index (BMI) (-1.1, 95% CI -1.3, -0.8, and -1.4, 95% CI -1.7, -1.2, respectively), waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulses per minute, and 50 m sprint run test at 3 months, while greater reductions in BMI were observed at 6 months (-2.3, 95% CI -2.6, -2.0, and -3.1, 95% CI -3.3, -2.8). Significant changes in the total FEAHQ score were achieved only in the "Diet & Activity" group both at 3 months and at 6 months.
  
  
  
  FETA resulted in significant effects on improving adiposity profiles in overweight and obese adolescents, as well as family activity and feeding habits, maintained at 3 months follow-up.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly , Greece, Larissa, Greece .
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patsopoulou
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly , Greece, Larissa, Greece .
authors.forename: Zoi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tsimtsiou
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly , Greece, Larissa, Greece .
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katsioulis
authors.affiliation: 2 Food Technology Department, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly , Karditsa, Greece .
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malissiova
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly , Greece, Larissa, Greece .
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rachiotis
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly , Greece, Larissa, Greece .
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hadjichristodoulou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs / Q000379:methods*
keywords: adolescents; body mass index; exercise; obesity