Assessment of Changes in Anthropometric Measures, and Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors in Children Receiving School-Based Obesity Intervention

Most Mexican-Americans do not meet current physical activity recommendations. This paper uses the ORBIT model of obesity intervention development as a framework to outline the process of establishing three employer-based walking challenges in El Paso, Texas, a predominantly Mexican American community. The walking challenges were planned and implemented through the Border Coalition for Fitness and participating partnering organizations. Over 2000 participants and several employers took part in the walking challenges. Results from this ORBIT Phase 1 design intervention suggest that walking challenges are a feasible approach to increase physical activity in Mexican-Americans.

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School‐based physical activity interventions in rural and urban/suburban communities: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Obesity Reviews ◽

10.1111/obr.13265 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Christopher D. Pfledderer ◽

Ryan D. Burns ◽

Wonwoo Byun ◽

Russell L. Carson ◽

Gregory J. Welk ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Suburban Communities ◽

Physical Activity Interventions ◽

School Based ◽

Rural And Urban

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Physical Activity Recommendations in the Context of New Calls for Change in Physical Education

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18031177 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 1177

Author(s):

Karel Frömel ◽

Jana Vašíčková ◽

Krzysztof Skalik ◽

Zbyněk Svozil ◽

Dorota Groffik ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Physical Education ◽

Teaching Practice ◽

Social Health ◽

Physical Strain ◽

School Practice ◽

School Based ◽

Adequate Response ◽

Physical Activity Recommendations ◽

Activity Recommendations

The current social, health, and educational changes in society require an adequate response in school-based physical activity (PA), including physical education (PE) lessons. The objective of this study was to identify the real average step counts of Czech and Polish adolescents during PE lessons, and propose recommendations for improving PE programs. This research was carried out in 143 Czech and 99 Polish schools. In the research, a total of 4911 adolescents aged 12–18 years were analyzed as part of teaching practice and 1827 in the context of habitual school practice. Steps were monitored using pedometers. The average step count per PE lesson was 2390 in Czech and Polish boys, while girls achieved 1851 steps. In both countries, boys were subject to greater physical strain in PE lessons compared to girls, both in teaching practice (F(4088,3) = 154.49, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.102) and school practice (F(1552,3) = 70.66, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.103). Therefore, the priority in PE lessons is to increase the amount of PA for girls, achieve the objectives of PE during PA, and use wearables to improve awareness of PA and improve physical literacy, as well as to support hybrid and online PE as a complement to traditional PE.

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Long-Term Dietary and Physical Activity Interventions in the School Setting and Their Effects on BMI in Children Aged 6–12 Years: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9040396 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 396

Author(s):

Purificación Cerrato-Carretero ◽

Raúl Roncero-Martín ◽

Juan D. Pedrera-Zamorano ◽

Fidel López-Espuela ◽

Luis M. Puerto-Parejo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Clinical Trials ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Controlled Clinical Trials ◽

Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

School Based ◽

School Based Interventions

Preventive actions and potential obesity interventions for children are mainly researched throughout the school period, either as part of the school curricula or after regular school hours, via interventions mostly lasting less than 12 months. We aimed to perform a meta-analysis on randomized controlled clinical trials to evaluate the evidence of the efficacy of long-term school-based interventions in the management of childhood obesity in terms of BMI from a dietary and physical activity-based approach. Eleven randomized controlled clinical trials were examined using the random effects model, and the results showed that there were no significant effects associated with physical activity + nutrition intervention in school children aged 6–12 years, with a pooled standardized mean difference (SMD) (95% CI) of −0.00 (−0.05, 0.04). No effects were observed after subgroup analysis based on the intervention length. The findings from our study indicate that long-term school-based interventions on physical activity and dietary habits received by children aged 6–12 years seem to have no effect on BMI. However, the promotion of such interventions should not be discouraged, as they promote additional positive health outcomes for other domains of children’s health.

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