Exploring lifestyles of young people and their families. Version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Exploring lifestyles of young people and their families.
IRAS ID
161047
Contact name
Jane Appleton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Oxford Brookes University
Research summary
Levels of childhood obesity in the UK are reaching epidemic proportions. Obesity leads to a range of chronic and debilitating health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and sleep problems. There is a lack of research into the adolescent obese population. The causes of obesity in adolescents are poorly understood and effective treatment is essential to prevent lifelong health problems in adulthood. This study aims to find out more about the causes of obesity in adolescents and the things that health professionals can do to help. We will ask overweight adolescents and their parents who are patients of an out-patient paediatric endocrinology service about what they think has caused their obesity, and about their lifestyle habits [i.e., what they eat and how they exercise], as well as what they think about leading a healthy lifestyle. We will ask them about the things they think might work for them in managing their obesity. We will also ask health professionals working with obese adolescents their opinions. We need to find out these things so that we can develop new interventions that are better suited to this group of patients and therefore more effective in helping them make changes in the way they eat, exercise or think about eating and exercise to become healthier in the longterm. This work will lead to the development of more effective interventions to change unhealthy lifestyle habits in obese adolescents and their families.
REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SC/1151
Date of REC Opinion
7 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion