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Clinical Nursing Research, Vol. 15, No. 1, 67-79 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1054773805282446

Pilot Using World Wide Web to Prevent Diabetes in Adolescents

JoAnn D. Long

Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX, joann.long{at}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

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.

Key Words: diabetes and nutrition education • WWW • adolescents


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