Food, Fun and Fitness Leader's Guide

The Fun, Food, and Fitness Project (FFFP): the Baylor GEMS pilot study.

OBJECTIVE The Girls health Enrichment Multisite Studies (GEMS) Fun, Food, and Fitness Project (FFFP) was designed to prevent obesity among 8-year-old African-American girls. DESIGN Twelve-week, two-arm parallel group randomized controlled pilot study. SETTING Summer day camp and homes in Houston, Texas. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-five girls and their parents or caregivers were randomly assigned ...

Food, Fun and Fitness Internet program for girls: influencing log-on rate.

Internet-based interventions hold promise as an effective channel for reaching large numbers of youth. However, log-on rates, a measure of program dose, have been highly variable. Methods to enhance log-on rate are needed. Incentives may be an effective method. This paper reports the effect of reinforcement schedule and recruitment method on log-on rates to an 8-week Internet-based obesity prev...

Fun and Sports: Enhancing the Home Fitness Experience

The current paper describes research that is aimed to elucidate our understanding of technology factors that may help users of home exercise equipment to stay motivated for doing regular work-outs. In particular, we investigated the effects of immersion and coaching by a virtual agent on intrinsic motivation and the sense of presence of participants cycling on a stationary home exercise bike. A...

ECHN honors cancer survivors with fun, food and inspirational stories.

A nostalgia theme was fully explored by Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN), Manchester, Conn., in its celebration of Cancer Survivors Day, June 6. The observance is sponsored by the national Cancer Survivors Day organization. This year more than 700 facilities across the country observed the occasion.

PROTECTION OF AGAINST NUCLEAR ATTACK guide for agricultural leaders