EYTO (European Youth Tackling Obesity): A Randomized Controlled Trial in Catalonia (Spain)

Obesity Clinical Trial

— EYTO-SPAIN  

Official title:

A Youth Led Social Marketing Campaign to Encourage Healthy Lifestyles. EYTO (European Youth Tackling Obesity): A Randomized Controlled Trial in Catalonia (Spain)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02157402
• Other study ID #: EYTO-SPAIN
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: September 2015

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: University Rovira i Virgili
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Our hypothesis is that healthy lifestyles improvement by an intervention designed according 8 social marketing Benchmark criteria, can reduce overweight or obesity implemented by adolescents on their colleges. The general aim of EYTO program is to improve health and well-being among adolescents who live in low socioeconomically communities, through an intervention study designed by selected adolescents with the inclusion of social marketing Benchmark criteria.

Description:

5 adolescent coordinators (of intervention high-schools) will be trained by experts in social marketing and health promotion. This 5 selected adolescent as coordinators who will be in charge of the design of an 8 social marketing criteria intervention to implement their peers´ lifestyles. The program has over two academic years. The participants will be followed for the duration of 2 academic years, an expected of up to 16 months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: September 2015
• Est. primary completion date: September 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Informed consent signed by parents and/or guardians.
• Adolescents between 13 and 17 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The lack of one or more inclusion criteria.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Life Style
• Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Social marketing activities and pop-up events to promote healthy lifestyles

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universitat Rovira i Virgili	Reus	Tarragona

Sponsors (7)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Rovira i Virgili	Centro Tecnológico de Nutrición y Salud, Companhia de Ideas, European Commission, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Komunikujeme, National Children's Bureau

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change of Fruit intake	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey	Change from Baseline in fruit Intake at 2 academic years
Primary	Change of Vegetable intake	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey	Change from Baseline in vegetable Intake at 2 academic years
Primary	Change of Physical activity practice	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey	Change from Baseline in physical activity practice at 2 academic years
Secondary	Change of Sedentary behaviour	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey	Change from Baseline in sedentary behaviour at 2 academic years