NCT01819376

Use of Facebook as a Motivating Factor in a Weight-reduction Program for Obese and Overweight Adolescents

Use of Facebook as a Motivating Factor in a Weight-reduction Program for Obese and Overweight Adolescents.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: TecSalud Investigación Clínica · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if Facebook can be used as a motivating factor for obese or overweight adolescents in a weight-reduction program.

Detailed description

This study is a randomized controlled trial. There will be two randomly assigned groups of obese or overweight adolescents (WHO definition). Both groups will be enrolled in a 12 week weight reduction program which includes personal nutritional evaluation and food plan and exercise routine. Follow-up appointments will be held every 3 weeks. One group will be encouraged to update their Facebook status at least once a day, regarding their healthy lifestyle changes (exercise routine, healthy food choice, "checking-in" at the wellness center, kilograms lost, etc). The control group will be asked not to share information about their program on Facebook for 12 weeks. Facebook follow-up will be held by the investigators on the study's Facebook account. Teenagers will be thoroughly explained on how to set the account to a limited profile if they want to. At the end of the program both groups will be compared regarding weight loss and mean BMI.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Overweight

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Facebook Status Update

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2013-03-27
• Last updated: 2024-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Mexico