Evaluation of a real world intervention using professional football players to promote a healthy diet and physical activity in children and adolescents from a lower socio-economic background: a controlled pretest-posttest design
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Article Title | Evaluation of a real world intervention using professional football players to promote a healthy diet and physical activity in children and adolescents from a lower socio-economic background: a controlled pretest-posttest design |
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ERA Journal ID | 13449 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Dubuy, Veerle (Author), De Cocker, Katrien (Author), De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse (Author), Maes, Lea (Author), Seghers, Jan (Author), Lefevre, Johan (Author), De Martelaer, Kristine (Author), Brooke, Hannah (Author) and Cardon, Greet (Author) |
Journal Title | BMC Public Health |
Journal Citation | 14, pp. 1-9 |
Article Number | 457 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1471-2458 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-457 |
Web Address (URL) | https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-14-457 |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: The increasing rates of obesity among children and adolescents, especially in those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, emphasise the need for interventions promoting a healthy diet and physical activity. The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the 'Health Scores!' program, which combined professional football player role models with a school-based program to promote a healthy diet and physical activity to socially vulnerable children and adolescents. METHODS: The intervention was implemented in two settings: professional football clubs and schools. Socially vulnerable children and adolescents (n = 165 intervention group, n = 440 control group, aged 10-14 year) provided self-reported data on dietary habits and physical activity before and after the four-month intervention. Intervention effects were evaluated using repeated measures analysis of variance. In addition, a process evaluation was conducted. RESULTS: No intervention effects were found for several dietary behaviours, including consumption of breakfast, fruit, soft drinks or sweet and savoury snacks. Positive intervention effects were found for self-efficacy for having a daily breakfast (p < 0.01), positive attitude towards vegetables consumption (p < 0.01) and towards lower soft drink consumption (p < 0.001). A trend towards significance (p < 0.10) was found for self-efficacy for reaching the physical activity guidelines. For sports participation no significant intervention effect was found. In total, 92 pupils completed the process evaluation, the feedback was largely positive. CONCLUSIONS: The 'Health Scores!' intervention was successful in increasing psychosocial correlates of a healthy diet and PA. The use of professional football players as a credible source for health promotion was appealing to socially vulnerable children and adolescents. |
Keywords | physical activity, healthy diet, football, school program, health promotion, disadvantaged children |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified |
420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | Ghent University, Belgium |
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium | |
Vrije University Brussels, Belgium | |
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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