Web-Based Intervention Appears Ineffective For Preventing Weight Gain In Adolescents

Not "appears." It is ineffective.

A web-based computer-tailored intervention aiming to increase physical activity, decrease sedentary behavior, and promote healthy eating among adolescents was not associated with positive long-term outcome measures, but may have positive short-term effects on eating behaviors, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Always was and always will be a stupid idea.

Need to go after the parents and stop coddling the fat kids.