TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing risk factors of overweight and obesity among adolescents in out-of-home care
T2 - The healthy eating and active living (HEAL) study
AU - Skouteris, Helen
AU - Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew
AU - McCabe, Marita
AU - Cox, Rachael
AU - Miller, Robyn
AU - Jones, Amanda D.
AU - Omerogullari, Stella
AU - Morrison, Kate
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - Rates of overweight and obesity increase significantly whilst children and young people are in out-of-home care. This paper provides the protocol for a study, funded by the Australian Research Council (2012–2014), being conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a Healthy Eating and Active Living intervention programme for adolescents who live in out-of-home residential care. This randomised trial will be conducted with 118 adolescents aged 13–17 years of age in out-of-home residential care and the residential staff who look after them. Adolescents’ eating habits, physical activity levels, psychological well-being, body dissatisfaction and weight status will be assessed at baseline, immediately post the programme (which runs for 6 months), and again 12 months post baseline. Similar measures will be obtained from residential carers (across the same time points). If effective, this programme could be implemented as usual care to modify levels of obesity amongst these vulnerable young people.
AB - Rates of overweight and obesity increase significantly whilst children and young people are in out-of-home care. This paper provides the protocol for a study, funded by the Australian Research Council (2012–2014), being conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a Healthy Eating and Active Living intervention programme for adolescents who live in out-of-home residential care. This randomised trial will be conducted with 118 adolescents aged 13–17 years of age in out-of-home residential care and the residential staff who look after them. Adolescents’ eating habits, physical activity levels, psychological well-being, body dissatisfaction and weight status will be assessed at baseline, immediately post the programme (which runs for 6 months), and again 12 months post baseline. Similar measures will be obtained from residential carers (across the same time points). If effective, this programme could be implemented as usual care to modify levels of obesity amongst these vulnerable young people.
KW - Eating habits
KW - Obesity
KW - Out-of-home residential care
KW - Physical activity
KW - Young people
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84987945044&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02673843.2012.762407
DO - 10.1080/02673843.2012.762407
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84987945044
SN - 0267-3843
VL - 19
SP - 536
EP - 548
JO - International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
JF - International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
IS - 4
ER -