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Título: | Effectiveness of the “Planning Health in School” programme on children’s nutritional status |
Autor(es): | Vieira, Margarida Teixeira, Andreia Carvalho, Graça Simões de |
Palavras-chave: | Obesity prevention School-based intervention Nutritional status Eating behaviour Physical activity |
Data: | 2021 |
Editora: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) |
Revista: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Citação: | Vieira, M., Teixeira, A. & Carvalho, G.S. (2021). Effectiveness of the ‘Planning Health in School’ Programmme on children’s nutritional status. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18, 1-13 (12846) |
Resumo(s): | Effective interventions for guiding children to change behaviours are needed to tackle obesity. We evaluated the effectiveness of the ‘Planning Health in School’ programme (PHS-pro) on children’s nutritional status. A non-randomised control group pretest-posttest trial was conducted at elementary schools of a sub-urban municipality in Porto’s metropolitan area (Portugal). A total of 504 children of grade-6, aged 10–14, were assigned in two groups: children of one school as the intervention group (IG), and three schools as the control group (CG). Anthropometric measures included height, weight, waist circumference (WC), BMI and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and lifestyle behaviours (self-reported questionnaire) were assessed at baseline and after PHS-pro. IG children grew significantly taller more than CG ones (p < 0.001). WC had reduced significantly in IG (−0.4 cm) whereas in the CG had increased (+0.3 cm; p = 0.015), and WHtR of IG showed a significant reduction (p = 0.002) compared with CG. After PHS-pro, IG children consumed significantly fewer soft drinks (p = 0.043) and ate more fruit and vegetables daily than CG. Physical activity time increased significantly in IG (p = 0.022), while CG maintained the same activity level. The PHS-pro did improve anthropometric outcomes effectively leading to better nutritional status and appears to be promising in reducing overweight and obesity. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/74969 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph182312846 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Versão da editora: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/23/12846 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | CIEC - Artigos (Papers) |
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