Young & Active: development and evaluation of an internet intervention to increase fitness and health-related quality of life in adolescents with overweight and obesity
Avhandling (doktorgrad) - Norges idrettshøgskole, 2015Overweight and obesity among adolescents may have consequences with potentially lasting effects
on health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Excess weight is also associated with decreases
in physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Research presenting effective interventions
for prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adolescents is limited. Internet
interventions may provide opportunities for low threshold counseling using feedback to guide and
support health behavior, including increased physical activity (PA).
The overall aim of the present study was to develop and evaluate an Internet intervention for
motivating overweight and obese adolescents to increase and maintain self-determined physical PA
and thereby enhance their CRF and HRQoL.Paper I: Riiser K, Løndal K, Ommundsen Y, Sundar T, Helseth S (2013) Development and usability
testing of an Internet intervention to increase physical activity in overweight adolescents.
JMIR Research Protocols 2: e7.Paper II: Tatt ut av filen i Brage p.g.a. copyright-restriksjoner. / Not in the file in Brage because of copyright issues.Paper III: Tatt ut av filen i Brage p.g.a. copyright-restriksjoner. / Not in the file in Brage because of copyright issues.Paper IV: Riiser K, Løndal K, Ommundsen Y, Småstuen MC, Misvær N, Helseth S (2014) The outcomes of
a 12-week Internet intervention aimed at improving fitness and health-related quality of life
in overweight adolescents: The Young & Active controlled trial. PLoS ONE (Accepted).Seksjon for coaching og psykologi / Department of Coaching and Psycholog
