Healthy eating and physical activity among low-income Hispanic adolescents and a school-based intervention

Abstract Objectives We examined the effect of a three year, multi-component, school-based intervention on health behaviors of elementary school students. Methods The multi-component, obesity intervention was provided by community partners to 13 schools over three years. Schools were assigned into three varying Levels of Intervention: “Core” Schools (n = 4) received weekly interventions, “Level 1” Schools (n = 5) received monthly interventions, and Control Schools (n = 5) received no intervention. Participants completed self-reported questionnaires assessing several health behaviors, including fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical activity levels. Questionnaires were administered in the Fall and Spring of each year of the intervention. For this study, responses were analyzed from Year 3 and were compared to national recommendations. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests of independence examined Level of Intervention and questionnaire responses. Results No significant chi-square tests of independence were identified for the Level of Intervention and quantity of fruit or vegetable consumption. A significant (P = 0.003) chi-square test of independence assessing physical activity was identified in the Fall of Year 3. Descriptive analyses indicated that higher proportions of students in the Core and Level 1 Schools met national fruit, vegetable, and physical activity recommendations compared to students in Control Schools. Conclusions The higher frequency of intervention provided to students in the Core Schools did not influence the dietary behaviors of participants. However, receiving any intervention appeared to affect health behaviors of children receiving the intervention compared to the Control Schools. Funding Sources The Independence Blue Cross Foundation.

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School-Based and PRECEDE-PROCEED-Model Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in the High School Students: Case Study of Iran

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v8n9p271 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 271 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Baratali Rezapour ◽

Firoozeh Mostafavi ◽

Hamid Reza Khalkhali

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

High Schools ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Vigorous Physical Activity ◽

School Students ◽

School Based Intervention ◽

School Based ◽

Sedentary Life Style

OBJECTIVES: Students attend sedentary life style and less like vigorous physical activity. This study investigated the effects of School-based intervention on increasing physical activity for decreasing obesity among high-school obese and overweight boys, based on the components of PRECEDE PROCEED Model, to participate in median - vigorous physical activity among the first Period of high school boys in the city of Urmia, IranMETHODS: This study was an experimental intervention that conducted at 4 high schools that were divided into 2 groups of intervention (40) and the control (40) male students, schools in junior high schools in Urmia.RESULTS: Three and six months after the intervention, significant differences were found between the experimental and control groups of schools, in the amount of students’ participation in vigorous physical activity (p<0.01).CONCLUSIONS: According to the results, the school-based intervention and components of PRECEDE PROCEED Model had a positive impact on the improvement of physical activity and decrease in physical inactivity among the students.

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A Definition of “Regular Meals” Driven by Dietary Quality Supports a Pragmatic Schedule

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu12092667 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 2667

Author(s):

Barbara Lohse ◽

Kathryn Faulring ◽

Diane C. Mitchell ◽

Leslie Cunningham-Sabo

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Linear Regression ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Total Protein ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Dietary Quality ◽

School Based Intervention ◽

School Based ◽

Definition Of ◽

Hispanic White

Public health guidelines advise eating regular meals without defining “regular.” This study constructed a meaning for “regular” meals congruent with dietary quality. Parents of 4th grade youth in a school-based intervention (Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02491294) completed three, ASA24 online 24-h dietary recalls. Differences in time of intake across days for breakfasts, lunches, dinners were categorized with consistency denoted as always, often/sometimes or rarely/never and assigned values of 3, 2 or 1, respectively. Meal-specific values were summed to form mealtime regularity scores (mReg) ranging from 3 (low) to 9. Healthy eating index (HEI) scores were compared to mReg controlling for weekday/weekend recall pattern. Linear regression predicted HEI scores from mReg. Parents (n = 142) were non-Hispanic white (92%), female (88%) and educated (73%). One mReg version, mReg1 was significantly associated with total HEI, total fruit, whole fruit, tended to correlate with total protein, seafood/plant protein subcomponents. mReg1 predicted total HEI (p = 0.001) and was inversely related to BMI (p = 0.04). A score of three (always) was awarded to breakfasts, lunches or dinners with day-to-day differences of 0–60 min; also, lunches/dinners with one interval of 60–120 min when two meals were ≤60 min apart. More rigid mReg versions were not associated with dietary quality.

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Perceptions of eating practices and physical activity among Malaysian adolescents in secondary schools: a qualitative study with multi-stakeholders

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980020002293 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shooka Mohammadi ◽

Tin Tin Su ◽

Angeliki Papadaki ◽

Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin ◽

Maznah Dahlui ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Rural Schools ◽

School Based ◽

Adolescent Participation ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Malaysian Adolescents

Abstract Objective: To conduct formative research using qualitative methods among stakeholders of secondary schools to explore their perceptions, barriers and facilitators related to healthy eating and physical activity (PA) among Malaysian adolescents. Design: A qualitative study involving eight focus groups and twelve in-depth interviews. Focus groups and interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. An inductive thematic analysis approach was used to analyse the data. Setting: Four secondary schools in Perak and Selangor states (two urban and two rural schools) in Malaysia. Participants: Focus groups were conducted with seventy-six adolescents aged 13–14 years, and in-depth interviews were conducted with four headmasters, four PA education teachers and four food canteen operators. Results: Stakeholders thought that adolescents’ misperceptions, limited availability of healthy options, unhealthy food preferences and affordability were important challenges preventing healthy eating at school. Low-quality physical education (PE) classes, limited adolescent participation and teachers’ commitment during lessons were perceived as barriers to adolescents being active at school. Affordability was the main challenge for adolescents from rural schools. Stakeholders perceived that a future school-based intervention should improve the availability and subsidies for healthy foods, provide health education/training for both adolescents and PE teachers, enhance active adolescent participation in PE and develop social support mechanisms to facilitate engagement with PA. Conclusions: These findings provide important insights into developing school-based lifestyle interventions to improve healthy eating and strengthening PA of Malaysian adolescents.

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Empowering aspects for healthy food and physical activity habits: adolescents’ experiences of a school-based intervention in a disadvantaged urban community

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being ◽

10.1080/17482631.2018.1487759 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (sup1) ◽

pp. 1487759 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Christopher Holmberg ◽

Christel Larsson ◽

Peter Korp ◽

Eva-Carin Lindgren ◽

Linus Jonsson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Urban Community ◽

Healthy Food ◽

School Based Intervention ◽

School Based

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Young Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Children’s Fundamental Motor Competence and Physical Activity Behaviors

Journal of Motor Learning and Development ◽

10.1123/jmld.2018-0003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 180-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xiangli Gu ◽

Senlin Chen ◽

Xiaoxia Zhang

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Sedentary Behavior ◽

Low Income ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Vigorous Physical Activity ◽

Hispanic Children ◽

Motor Competence ◽

Object Control ◽

School Based ◽

Activity Promotion

The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between fundamental motor skills (FMS; including locomotor and object-control skills), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and sedentary behavior among young Hispanic and non-Hispanic children. Using the prospective research design spanning one academic school year, we recruited 671 children (6.96 ± 1.6 years, 46% girls) from four primary schools in North Texas, 300 of whom were Hispanic and 371 non-Hispanic children, with 90% of the Hispanic and 74% of the non-Hispanic children from low-income families. All participants completed the PE Metrics™ FMS assessment and wore Actical accelerometers. Hispanic children demonstrated a lower level of MVPA on school days than their non-Hispanic peers. After adjusting for sociodemographic variables, both locomotor and object-control skills significantly predicted school-based MVPA for the non-Hispanic groups, while only object-control skills significantly predicted MVPA for the Hispanic group. For both ethnic groups, locomotor skills significantly predicted school-based sedentary behavior. The findings shed light on future motor competence–based interventions for physical activity promotion and obesity prevention among young Hispanic as well as non-Hispanic children.

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