Web-Based Program Exposure and Retention in the Families Improving Together for Weight Loss Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interventions that incorporate behavioral skills training and parental involvement have been effective for promoting weight loss among middle and upper class youth; however, few studies have produced similar weight loss effects in underserved ethnic minority youth.

Purpose

This study examined whether online program exposure (in both an online tailored intervention and an online health education comparison program) predicted greater retention among African American youth and their parents in the Families Improving Together (FIT) for Weight Loss trial.

Methods

Parent-adolescent dyads (N = 125) were randomized to either an online tailored intervention program (n = 63) or an online health education comparison program (n = 62). Paradata including login data were

SUBMITTER: Wilson DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6426012 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature