Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 13-21, February 2005

Changing the tide: an Internet/video exercise and low-fat diet intervention with middle-school students☆

  • Marilyn Frenn, PhD, RN

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    • College of Nursing, Marquette University, PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 414 288 3845; fax: +1 414 288 1939.
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  • Shelly Malin, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Marquette University, PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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  • Roger L. Brown, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Consultants, Inc., Middleton, WI 53562, USA
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  • Yvonne Greer, MPH, RD, CD

      Affiliations

    • City of Milwaukee Health Department, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
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  • Jaime Fox, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Resource Unit, Children's Hospital of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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  • Jennifer Greer, BSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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  • Sarah Smyczek, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA

Received 10 December 2003; received in revised form 26 March 2004; accepted 2 April 2004.

Abstract 

The rising tide of obesity erodes the health of youths and many times results in adult obesity. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effectiveness of an eight-session health promotion/transtheoretical model Internet/video-delivered intervention to increase physical activity and reduce dietary fat among low-income, culturally diverse, seventh-grade students. Those who completed more than half the sessions increased exercise, t(103) = −1.99, p = .05, and decreased the percentage of dietary fat, t(87) = 2.73, p = .008. Responses to the intervention by stage of change, race, and income are examined.

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☆ This study was funded in part by the Milwaukee Area Health Education Center and the state of Wisconsin.

PII: S0897-1897(04)00086-2

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2004.04.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 13-21, February 2005

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