Healthier BMI-Body Composition – Advancing Ideas 4 School Health

HOPS Program Initiative Description: The HOPS/OWG consisted of a dietary intervention, a classroom curriculum component, and a physical activity component. The dietary intervention consisted of modifications to school-provided breakfasts, lunches, and snacks in intervention schools, and a nutrient dense-education education curriculum for use in the cafeteria. The curriculum component consisted of a school-based holistic nutrition […]

Before/Afterschool Activity
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| Physical Activity (PA), Physical Health, Overall PA, Cardiovascular Health & Fitness, Healthier BMI-Body Composition

Initiative Description: Sessions of after-school aerobic exercise for girls and their mothers. Control group did not involve parent. Study Results: After-school PA significantly improved body mass index, resting heart rate, cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility and muscle strength and endurance in children in both groups, and in mothers. Improvement in the physiological measures of the children in […]

School Wide Activity
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| Nutrition, Physical Health, Healthy Dietary Changes, Healthier BMI-Body Composition

Initiative Description: The intervention included, Kids Nutrition and Fitness, 6-week nutrition, physical activity educational after-school program, with parental and at-home components along with school activities, including the creation of an Advisory Committee that made wellness policies Study Results: Children in the intervention group decreased their BMI on average by 2.80 (p = 0.04) and BMI […]

Classroom Activity – School Wide Activity
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| Physical Activity (PA), Physical Health, Cardiovascular Health & Fitness, Healthier BMI-Body Composition

The Learning, Cognition & Motion (LCoMotion) study. Initiative Description: A minimum of one teacher from each class at the intervention schools attended a course on incorporating physical activity into academic lessons. Scheduled activities during recess were initiated by teachers and volunteer students who received the course. Physical activity homework consisted of a booklet containing suggestions […]

Literature Review
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| Physical Activity (PA), Physical Health, Overall PA, Health Literacy, Healthier BMI-Body Composition

Initiative Description: Studies that investigated the effectiveness of a school-based intervention targeting PA behavior (PA), sedentary behavior (SB) and/or nutrition behavior (NB). Study Results: The majority of studies reporting results regarding BMI and BMI z-score found favorable effects. Additionally, almost all studies that measured effects on PA behavior or sedentary behavior showed favorable results. Reference: […]

Environmental Change – Educational or Curriculum
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Initiative Description: Ensure student access to healthy foods and the restriction of unhealthy foods combined with a nutrition education program Study Results: Increase in playground activity, vegetable intake, nutrition, and PA knowledge, as well as a decrease in BMI. Reference: De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Van Cauwenberghe, E., Spittaels, H., Oppert, J., Rostami, C., Brug, J., & […]

Educational or Curriculum
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Healthy School Start (HSS) Program Initiative Description: Study aimed to describe barriers and facilitators influencing the implementation of the Healthy School Start (HSS) parental support program to prevent overweight and obesity among children intervention in disadvantaged areas in Stockholm, Sweden. Study Results:It seems important to tailor the intervention to the abilities of the target group […]

Before/Afterschool Activity
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CATCH Kids https://catchinfo.org/programs/after-school/ Initiative Description: After-school implementation of the Catch Kids Club Curriculum on nutrition and physical activity. Study Results: Reduction in overweight and obesity (defined as body mass index >85th percentile for age and sex) among children in the intervention group Reference: Slusser, W. M., Sharif, M. Z., Erausquin, J. T., Kinsler, J. J., […]

Policy
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| Academics, Physical Health, Absenteeism/Attendance, Healthier BMI-Body Composition

Initiative Description: Giving breakfast to undernourished and adequately nourished children. Study Results: BMI and school attendance improved. Reference: Powell, C. A., Walker, S. P., Chang, S. M., & Grantham-McGregor, S. M. (1998). Nutrition and education: A randomized trial of the effects of breakfast in rural primary school children. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68(4), […]

Policy
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Initiative Description: School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP) https://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp/national-school-lunch-program-nslp Study Results: Analyses find that SBP is a valuable tool in the current battle against childhood obesity, whereas the NSLP exacerbates the current epidemic Reference: Millimet, D. L., Tchernis, R., & Husain, M. (2010). School nutrition programs and the incidence of childhood […]