Laughter yoga in schools: a fun path to healthier teens?
NCT ID NCT07607847
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a six-week school program that combined health education with laughter yoga for 74 eighth-grade students. The goal was to see if it could improve healthy lifestyle behaviors like nutrition, physical activity, and stress management. Researchers used a well-known behavior change model (PRECEDE-PROCEED) to design the program and measured results with a validated questionnaire.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Laughter yoga-integrated health education
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer schools a low-cost, fun way to help teens build healthier habits and manage stress.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with 74 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is short-term, and lasting behavior change is hard to confirm.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nursing Fakulty,
Ankara, Altındağ, Turkey (Türkiye)
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