Submitted by: Jean-Pierre Chanoine
LiGHT (Living Green, Healthy and Thrifty) is a novel, internet-based, weight management program for 10-17 year-olds.
Key aspects:
– To promote program retention, attract youth attention and generate interaction between participants, we developed two new concepts:
- Emphasis on the effect of the obesogenic environment on health, global environment/climate change (e.g., increased use of cars, food packaging) and family finances (e.g., cost of car and take-out meals)
- Use of games (rewards, leaderboard)
– Personalized interactive web-based platform accessible from home/community.
– Sustainability. Staffing limited to a moderator (to monitor on-line discussion).
– Transferability to most settings worldwide.