"Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls - Brazil": Randomized control trial with adolescent girls attending public schools of the city of São Paulo

• Grant number: 15/20852-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: August 01, 2016
• End date: October 11, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutritional Analysis of Population
• Principal Investigator: Regina Mara Fisberg
• Grantee: Ana Carolina Barco Leme
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/21144-9 - "Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls - Brazil": Randomized control trial with adolescent girls attending public schools of the city of São Paulo, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Background: The negative consequences of weight gain and the high likelihood to pediatric obesity track into adulthood, highlight the importance to target youth "at risk" for obesity. Objective: Evaluate the six-month intervention effect; investigate the weight behaviors that can mediate effects on weight and methodological and theoretical issues of the intervention. Methods: The "Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls - Brazil" is a 6-month randomized control trial based on the Social Cognitive Theory, aiming on the obesity prevention. The study was conducted in 10 public schools of São Paulo, Brazil. The outcomes were BMI, BMI Z score, physical activity level, food consumption and screen behaviors. The analyses will follow the intention-to-treat principle, and baseline group differences will be assessed using t-student and chi-squared tests. Linear mixed model and coefficient product test will be used to assess the intervention effects and mediator effects of behavior change. The methodological and theoretical issues will be conducted using thematic analysis technique. For all the statistical tests will be set an alpha level of significance of p<0.05. The intervention data was collected in 2015 and will be analysed in 2016.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LEME, ANA CAROLINA BARCO; LAILA, AMAR; HOU, SOPHIA; FISBERG, REGINA MARA; MA, DAVID W. L.; FISBERG, MAURO; HAINES, JESS. Perceptions of the 2019 Canada's Food Guide: a qualitative study with parents from Southwestern Ontario. APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM, v. 47, n. 1, p. 34-40, JAN 2022. (15/20852-7)

SONIA TUCUNDUVA PHILIPPI; ANA CAROLINA BARCO LEME. Provocações em relação ao peso corporal: a insatisfação com o próprio corpo afeta o comportamento de controle de peso de adolescentes brasileiras de comunidades de baixa renda?. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 34, n. 6, 2018-06-21. (16/21144-9, 15/20852-7)

LEME, ANA CAROLINA; MUSZYNSKI, DABROWKA; MIROTTA, JULIA A.; CAROLL, NICHOLAS; HOGAN, JAIMIE L.; JEWELL, KIRA; YU, JESSICA; FISBERG, REGINA MARA; DUNCAN, ALISON M.; MA, DAVID W. L.; et al. iet Quality of Canadian Preschool Children: Associations with Socio-demographic Characteristic. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DIETETIC PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, v. 82, n. 3, p. 131-135, SEP 2021. (15/20852-7)

LEME, ANA CAROLINA B.; HAINES, JESS; TANG, LISA; DUNKER, KARIN L. L.; PHILIPPI, SONIA T.; FISBERG, MAURO; FERRARI, GERSON L.; FISBERG, REGINA M.. Impact of Strategies for Preventing Obesity and Risk Factors for Eating Disorders among Adolescents: A Systematic Review. NUTRIENTS, v. 12, n. 10, OCT 2020. (15/20852-7, 17/23115-9)

LOPES, TATIANE DOS SANTOS; DE MELLO, ALINE VERONEZE; NOGUEIRA, LUANA ROMAO; LEME, ANA CAROLINA BARCO; FISBERG, REGINA MARA. Energia, nutrientes e fontes alimentares em lanches de adolescentes e jovens adultos. Revista Paulista de Pediatria, v. 40, 2022. (12/22113-9, 17/23115-9, 15/20852-7, 17/05125-7)

LEME, ANA CAROLINA BARCO; HAINES, JESS; TANG, LISA; FISBERG, MAURO; FERRARI, GERSON; DA SILVA, VITORIA ALEXANDRA; FISBERG, REGINA MARA. Association between weight control behaviors and diet quality among Brazilian adolescents and young adults: Health Survey of Sao Paulo with Focus on Nutrition, 2015. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, v. 27, n. 2, p. 14-pg., 2021-04-30. (17/05125-7, 15/20852-7)

LEME, ANA CAROLINA BARCO; PHILIPPI, SONIA TUCUNDUVA; THOMPSON, DEBBE; NICKLAS, THERESA; BARANOWSKI, TOM. ``Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls-Brazil{''}: an obesity prevention program with added focus on eating disorders. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, v. 24, n. 1, p. 107-119, FEB 2019. (16/21144-9, 15/20852-7)

LEME, ANA CAROLINA B.; HOU, SOPHIA; FISBERG, REGINA MARA; FISBERG, MAURO; HAINES, JESS. Adherence to Food-Based Dietary Guidelines: A Systemic Review of High-Income and Low- and Middle-Income Countries. NUTRIENTS, v. 13, n. 3, MAR 2021. (17/23115-9, 15/20852-7)

LEME, ANA CAROLINA BARCO; FISBERG, REGINA MARA; BARANOWSKI, TOM; NICKLAS, THERESA; CALLENDER, CHISHINGA S.; KASAM, ANNIE; PHILIPPI, SONIA TUCUNDUVA; THOMPSON, DEBBE. Perceptions About Health, Nutrition Knowledge, and MyPlate Food Categorization Among US Adolescents: A Qualitative Study. JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR, v. 53, n. 2, p. 110-119, FEB 2021. (15/20852-7, 17/23115-9)

LEME, ANA CAROLINA BARCO; PHILIPPI, SONIA TUCUNDUVA; THOMPSON, DEBBE; NICKLAS, THERESA; BARANOWSKI, TOM. "Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls-Brazil": an obesity prevention program with added focus on eating disorders. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, v. 24, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2019-02-01. (15/20852-7, 16/21144-9)