Be Active Eat Well in Colac
A 3-year study in primary school children of multiple strategies to build the community's capacity to promote healthy eating and physical activity compared to no specific interventions on body size and waist circumference
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University
2,000 participants
Mar 17, 2003
Interventional
Conditions
Summary
Colac's Be Active Eat Well is a community-based intervention program aimed at increasing the community's capacity to promote healthy eating and physical activity and to reduce unhealthy weight gain in primary school aged children.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- All children in kindergarten and primary schools (enrollment >20) in the intervention community and the randomly selected areas for the comparison group.
Exclusion Criteria1
- Unable to measure height or weight
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Interventions
Intervention group: Multiple strategies over 3 years in the schools and community to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Examples of strategies include school food policies, active after school programs, reducing TV viewing programs, school fruit activities, programs with local fast food outlets to improve the quality of food, parent education programs, social marketing, training of professionals and promoting active transport.
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ACTRN12607000373471