Interventions for preventing obesity in children

L Hooper, Y Gao, A Zayegh, S Ijaz… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given
the significant impact of obesity on acute and chronic diseases, general health, development …

The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and wellbeing of students and their academic achievement

R Langford, CP Bonell, HE Jones… - Cochrane database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The World Health Organization's (WHO's) Health Promoting Schools (HPS)
framework is an holistic, settingsbased approach to promoting health and educational …

Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Interventions for the Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults

HA Raynor, CM Champagne - Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and …, 2016 - Elsevier
It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that successful treatment of
overweight and obesity in adults requires adoption and maintenance of lifestyle behaviors …

Using a multi-stakeholder experience-based design process to co-develop the Creating Active Schools Framework

A Daly-Smith, T Quarmby, VSJ Archbold… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background UK and global policies recommend whole-school approaches to improve
childrens' inadequate physical activity (PA) levels. Yet, recent meta-analyses establish …

Implementation and scale up of population physical activity interventions for clinical and community settings: the PRACTIS guide

H Koorts, E Eakin, P Estabrooks, A Timperio… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Few efficacious physical activity interventions are successfully translated and
sustained in practice. We propose a practical guide for researchers to increase the …

Strategies for enhancing the implementation of schoolbased policies or practices targeting risk factors for chronic disease

L Wolfenden, NK Nathan, R Sutherland… - Cochrane database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A number of schoolbased policies or practices have been found to be effective
in improving child diet and physical activity, and preventing excessive weight gain, tobacco …

School-based physical activity does not compromise children's academic performance.

Y Ahamed, H MacDonald, K Reed… - Medicine and science …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Purpose The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-
based physical activity intervention, Action Schools! BC (AS! BC), for maintaining academic …

The challenge of low physical activity during the school day: at recess, lunch and in physical education

L Nettlefold, HA McKay, DER Warburton… - British journal of sports …, 2011 - bjsm.bmj.com
Purpose To describe physical activity (PA) intensity across a school day and assess the
percentage of girls and boys achieving recommended guidelines. Methods The authors …

From policy to practice: implementation of physical activity and food policies inschools

LC Mâsse, D Naiman, PJ Naylor - International Journal of Behavioral …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Public policies targeting the school setting are increasingly being used toaddress
childhood obesity; however, their effectiveness depends on theirimplementation. This study …

[PDF][PDF] Interventions on diet and physical activity: what works: summary report

World Health Organization - 2009 - apps.who.int
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Interventions on diet
and physical activity: what works: summary report. 1.Exercise. 2.Life style. 3.Health promotion …