Better Health Programme Online

Families valued the programme's flexibility, free access, child-friendly design, mailed resources, and incentives. The programme used a password-secured website with weekly online modules on healthy eating, physical activity, and behavioural change strategies. Most children struggled to sustain healthy behaviours after the programme ended. Some structural features reduced engagement, including robotic voice-overs, phone-only coaching, and activities that were poorly tailored to the child's age or personality. The Better Health Programme Online was a 10-week web-based healthy lifestyle intervention for school-aged children with overweight or obesity. Families commonly recommended an optional web-based top-up programme to support long-term behaviour maintenance.