Journal
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Volume 47, Issue 5, Pages 494-497Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.07.014
Keywords
African American; Female; Children; Behavioral research; Diet; Physical activity; Internet; Fruit; Vegetables; Self-efficacy
Funding
- Robert Wood Johnson e-Health Technologies Initiative [49128]
- National Institutes of Health [U01 HL65160]
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA/ARS) Children's Nutrition Research Center
- Department of Pediatrics
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas [58-6250-6001]
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Objective. This pilot study tested whether an Internet-based intervention could achieve change in fruit, juice. and vegetable consumption, physical activity, and self-efficacy in youth at-risk of obesity. Method. Participants were 80 8-to-10-year-old African American girls at-risk of obesity, with a home computer. Internet access, and an e-mail address. A two-group design was followed. Groups differed only on incentive schedule (immediate, delayed). The 8-week home-based program, conducted entirely over the Internet, promoted fruit, juice, vegetables, and water intake and physical activity. Pre-post measures were collected through self-report via the program website. The study was conducted in the greater Houston, TX, area September through November, 2004. Results. Statistically significant pre-to-post differences were observed in fruit, juice, and vegetable consumption (p=.002), physical activity-yesterday (p<.001), physical activity-usually (p=.001), and fruit, juice, and vegetable self-efficacy (p=.003). Conclusion. Internet-based obesity prevention programs may be an effective channel for promoting healthy diet and physical activity behaviors to youth at-risk of obesity. Additional research is needed to more fully examine their effectiveness at promoting and maintaining diet and physical activity change. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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