Pilot Using World Wide Web to Prevent Diabetes in Adolescents

JoAnn D. Long, Myrna L. Armstrong, Elizabeth Amos, Brent Shriver, Carmen Roman-Shriver, Du Feng, LaNell Harrison, Scott Luker, Anita Nash and Monica Witcher Blevins
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JoAnn D. Long: Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX, joann.long@lcu.edu
Myrna L. Armstrong: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Marble Falls
Elizabeth Amos: University of Nevada, Reno
Brent Shriver: Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Carmen Roman-Shriver: Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Du Feng: Texas Tech University, Lubbock
LaNell Harrison: Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
Scott Luker: Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock
Anita Nash: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Monica Witcher Blevins: Covenant Medical Center, Lubbock, TX

Clinical Nursing Research, 2006, vol. 15, issue 1, 67-79

Abstract: This pilot study tested the effects of an interactive nutrition education Web site on fruit, vegetable, and fat consumption in minority adolescents genetically at risk for Type 2 diabetes. A one-group nonexperimental pretest, posttest focus group design was used. Twenty-one sixth-grade to eighth-grade junior high adolescents who were minorities volunteered to participate. Participants received 5 hours of Web-based nutrition education over 3 weeks. A significant difference in fat consumption was supported from the computerized dietary assessment. No difference was found in fruit or vegetable consumption. Comparative data indicated a rise in body mass index (BMI) percentile from 88.03 (1999) to 88.40 (2002; boys) and 88.25 (1999) to 91.2 (2002; girls). Focus group responses supported the satisfaction of adolescents in the study with the use of the Web-based intervention for nutrition education. Healthy eating interventions using Web-based nutrition education should be further investigated with adolescents.

Keywords: diabetes and nutrition education; WWW; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773805282446

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