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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Effects of a School Based Intervention on Children's Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Matluba Khan, Ruth Bell

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matluba KhanInstitute of Health Equity, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Ruth BellInstitute of Health Equity, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
University College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combined diet and physical activity school-based interventions (rather than only diet or physical activity interventions) are more likely to help prevent children from becoming overweight in the long term. However, such interventions are less prevalent, and therefore, this pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility of a gardening intervention coupled with awareness about plant-based meals among 9-10 year old children in a London primary school. We recruited 60 children from two Year 5 classes, one class participated as an intervention group, and results were compared against another class who acted as the control group. Children's physical activity (PA) was measured using GENEActiv wrist-worn accelerometers. Their fruit and vegetable intake and attitudes to and preferences in eating fruits and vegetables were measured using a self-report questionnaire. Furthermore, three focus groups were held with children in the intervention group to understand the reasons behind any change as a result of the intervention. Results are inconclusive; however, they indicate some impact on reduction of sedentary behaviour, increase of moderate to vigorous PA, knowledge of nutrition and some level of acceptance in trying new vegetables. School-based interventions involving gardening show some promise to increase children's PA and improve their attitudes to eating fruits and vegetables.

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Attitude to HealthHealthy LifestyleChildDiet, HealthyExerciseFemaleHumansLondonMalePilot ProjectsSchool Health ServicesStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesaccelerometrychildrengardenGreen Gymhealth behaviourmixed methodsphysical activityquasi-experiment

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PMID31698796
PMCPMC6888275
OpenAlexW2983691145

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