New YORK (Reuters Health) – A team of Australia it gained moderate effects with a prolonged program and decommissioned intensity so thin adolescents, although one version which included text messages and emails not gave a better result. Binh Nguyen, of the University of Sydney team included to adolescents 151 in a 24-month program of duration named Loozit, with group sessions for the adolescents and their parents alter behaviors. 12 Months, 40 percent of teens had lost at least 5 percent of their body mass and a fourth her reduced by at least 10 percent, although the most retained overweight. Even so, Elissa Jelalian, of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, said the results are promising because the programme was less intensive than others approaches, and yet none had obtained the same effect. During the first two months of the Loozit, the participants, aged between 13 and 16 years, participated in seven weekly group sessions aimed at achieving habits food healthy, increasing exercise, reduce the time in front of a screen and improve self-esteem. In addition, devoted time to do exercise and cooking healthy. Parents also attended meetings Group per week to modify lifestyle. Within 22 months, adolescents and its parents attended reinforcement sessions every three months. The results, published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent, only include information for the first 12 months agenda, which met 124 adolescents. The difference between Loozit and other programs is that the participants attend 14 meetings in two years, compared with 20 in other cases and that meetings are conducted at sites of community and not at school or the hospitals. In addition, the team sent them to half of participants text messages, emails and called them on the phone to track and advise them during the show. “Many go in that direction.†“And it makes sense because the adolescents live onlineâ€, considered Jelalian than not participated in the study. “Unfortunately, this did not improve the resultsâ€, he added. After 12 months, the team found no differences between the groups to assess the level of cholesterol, the lost kilos, the mental health or behavioural. “Is possible (extra contact) has been too “ I scattered and that one contact is better for participants “ frequent and intensiveâ€, believed Nguyen via email. Team highlights certain positive differences between the starting point and achievements of young people. In a year, their cholesterol and triglyceride levels decreased, while self-esteem, academic and athletic, performance , and increased social acceptance. As for the weight, in fact participants engordaron, but this is not too surprising since during the study grew more than 2.5 cm.
Source:Â Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, February 2012.
