Promoting healthy lifestyles in high school adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although obesity and mental health disorders are two major public health problems in adolescents that affect academic performance, few rigorously designed experimental studies have been conducted in high schools.

Purpose

The goal of the study was to test the efficacy of the COPE (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment) Healthy Lifestyles TEEN (Thinking, Emotions, Exercise, Nutrition) Program, versus an attention control program (Healthy Teens) on: healthy lifestyle behaviors, BMI, mental health, social skills, and academic performance of high school adolescents immediately after and at 6 months post-intervention.

Design

A cluster RCT was conducted. Data were collected from January 2010 to May of 2012 and analyzed in 2012-2013.

Setting/participan

SUBMITTER: Melnyk BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285557 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature