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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity; Life Style
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Social marketing activities and pop-up events to promote healthy lifestyles

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 400
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Tarragona
    • Reus, Tarragona, Spain, 43204
      • Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 13 years to 17 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group; The intervention group will received activities and social events designed according 8 social marketing Benchmark criteria to promote healthy lifestyles.	Behavioral: Social marketing activities and pop-up events to promote healthy lifestyles
No Intervention: Control Group; The control group will not received any intervention activities and social events to promote healthy lifestyles.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change of Fruit intake	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey	Change from Baseline in fruit Intake at 2 academic years
Change of Vegetable intake	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey	Change from Baseline in vegetable Intake at 2 academic years
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 Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change of Sedentary behaviour	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey	Change from Baseline in sedentary behaviour at 2 academic years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Rovira i Virgili
• Collaborators: European Commission; Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus; Centro Tecnológico de Nutrición y Salud; Companhia de Ideas; Komunikujeme; National Children's Bureau
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Rosa Solà Alberich, M.D., PhD, Centro Tecnológico de Nutrición y Salud

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Aceves-Martins M, Llaurado E, Tarro L, Papell-Garcia I, Prades-Tena J, Kettner-Hoeberg H, Puiggros F, Arola L, Davies A, Giralt M, Sola R. "Som la Pera," a School-Based, Peer-Led Social Marketing Intervention to Engage Spanish Adolescents in a Healthy Lifestyle: A Parallel-Cluster Randomized Controlled Study. Child Obes. 2022 Dec;18(8):556-571. doi: 10.1089/chi.2021.0207. Epub 2022 Mar 7.
• Llaurado E, Aceves-Martins M, Tarro L, Papell-Garcia I, Puiggros F, Arola L, Prades-Tena J, Montagut M, Moragas-Fernandez CM, Sola R, Giralt M. A youth-led social marketing intervention to encourage healthy lifestyles, the EYTO (European Youth Tackling Obesity) project: a cluster randomised controlled0 trial in Catalonia, Spain. BMC Public Health. 2015 Jul 3;15:607. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1920-1.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 28, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 3, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): June 6, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 6, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Adolescent
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Overweight; Body Weight; Obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: EYTO-SPAIN