Action Schools! BC — Healthy Eating

Action schools! BC--Healthy Eating: effects of a whole-school model to modifying eating behaviours of elementary school children.

OBJECTIVES The rate of obesity and associated risk factors in Canadian youth is increasing at an alarming rate. Nutrition plays an important role in weight maintenance. This study reports the effectiveness of Action Schools! BC---Healthy Eating, a school-based fruit and vegetable (FV) intervention, in effecting change in: 1) students' intake of FV, 2) students' knowledge, attitudes and percepti...

Healthy eating at schools

Implementing a whole school physical activity and healthy eating model in rural and remote first nations schools: a process evaluation of action schools! BC.

INTRODUCTION Aboriginal people who reside in rural and remote areas of Canada often have poorer health than other Canadians. For instance, the prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes is 3 to 5 times higher than for the general population. Chronic disease risk factors such as obesity are also more prevalent. Overweight and obesity have become major health challenges for all Canadian children, but for...

An active school model to promote physical activity in elementary schools: action schools! BC.

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of an active school model on children's physical activity (PA). DESIGN 16-month cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING 10 elementary schools in Greater Vancouver, BC. PARTICIPANTS 515 children aged 9-11 years. INTERVENTION Action Schools! BC (AS! BC) is an active school model that provided schools with training and resources to increase children's PA...

"Healthy Eating - Healthy Action": evaluating New Zealand's obesity prevention strategy

BACKGROUND New Zealand rates of obesity and overweight have increased since the 1980s, particularly among indigenous Māori people, Pacific people and those living in areas of high deprivation. New Zealand's response to the obesity epidemic has been The Healthy Eating-Healthy Action: Oranga Kai - Oranga Pumau (HEHA) Strategy ('the Strategy'), launched in 2003. Because the HEHA Strategy explicitl...