HIPTeens: Health Improvement Program for Teens

Funding provided by NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

March 2000 – February 2003

The HIPTeens program was designed to prevent obesity in adolescent African-American girls who were overweight and had at least one obese parent. 57 African American girls (ages 11-15) and their parents enrolled in the study. The project was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and evaluated the effectiveness of an internet-based intervention for weight loss.  The interactive behavioral website utilized in the study included components such as online treatment sessions on heath and nutrition, healthy menu ideas, and interactive graphs to track exercise and weight loss.

Related Publications:

White, M.A., Martin, P.D., Newton, R.L., Walden, H.M., York-Crowe, E.E., Gordon, S.T., Ryan, D.H., Williamson, D.A. (2004). Mediators of weight loss in a family-based intervention presented over the internet. Obesity Research, 12(7), 1050-1059.  PubMed

Williamson D.A., Martin P.D., White M.A., Newton R, Walden H., York-Crowe E., Alfonso A., Gordon S., & Ryan D.. (2005). Efficacy of an internet-based behavioral weight loss program for overweight adolescent African-American girls. Eating and Weight Disorders, 10(3), 193-203.  PubMed

Williamson, D.A., Walden, H.M., White, M.A., York-Crowe, E., Newton, R.L., Alfonso, A., Gordon, S., & Ryan, D. (2006). Two-year internet-based randomized controlled trial for weight loss in African-American girls. Obesity, 14, 1231-1243.  PubMed

Kennedy, B.M., Newton, R.L.,Jr., York-Crowe, E., Walden, H.M., Ryan, D.H., White, M.A., et al. (2008).  Recruiting African American girls and parents for a secondary weight gain prevention study.  Journal of Cultural Diversity, 15(4), 181-186. PubMed