ArticlePreventive medicine reports2019
Intervention effects of a kindergarten-based health promotion programme on obesity related behavioural outcomes and BMI percentiles.
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- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing the scalability of healthy eating interventions within the early childhood education and care setting: secondary analysis of a Cochrane systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- The Effect of Different Physical Exercise Programs on Physical Fitness among Preschool Children: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- From preschool to policy: A scoping review of recommended interventions for a systems approach to improve dietary intake in early childhood.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- Beyond correlates: the social gradient in childhood overweight.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Parental Self-Efficacy-A Predictor of Children's Health Behaviors? Its Impact on Children's Physical Activity and Screen Media Use and Potential Interaction Effect Within a Health Promotion Program.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Parental Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Children's Nutrition and the Potential Mediator Effect between the Health Promotion Program "Join the Healthy Boat" and Children's Nutrition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Questions on 'Intervention effects of a kindergarten-based health promotion programme on obesity related behavioural outcomes and BMI percentiles'.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Response to "Questions on "Intervention effects of a kindergarten-based health promotion programme on obesity related behavioural outcomes and BMI percentiles"" by Vorland et al.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of a Physical Education Program on the Motor and Pre-literacy Skills of Preschoolers From the Training-To-Health Project: A Focus on Weight Status.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- Intervention Effects of a Kindergarten-Based Health Promotion Programme on Motor Abilities in Early Childhood.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
In recent decades, prevalence of childhood overweight has increased worldwide and became a public health concern. One reason is children's insufficient engagement in physical activity (PA) which may lead to deficient motor skills, which are interdependent. Therefore, early health promotion such as the kindergarten-based health promotion programme "Join the Healthy Boat" is necessary. In order to evaluate the programme's effectiveness on children's BMI percentiles (BMIPCT), PA and endurance capacity, a randomised controlled trial including intervention (IG) and control group (CG) was conducted. 973 kindergarten children (3.6 ± 0.6 years; 47.1% male) in 57 kindergartens were assessed at baseline and 558 of them at follow-up. Anthropometrics and endurance capability (3-minute-run) were assessed on site. PA behaviour and socio-economic data were assessed using parental report. Linear regression models were used to determine intervention effects for all health outcomes, adjusting for baseline values, age, gender, BMIPCT and socio-economic variables. After one year, a significant positive intervention effect on children's BMIPCT was found (
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