DUPLICATE OF http://hdl.handle.net/2328/35760 Changes in Primary School Children's Behaviour, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Environments Related to Nutrition and Physical Activity

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dc.contributor.author Magarey, Anthea Margaret
dc.contributor.author Pettman, Tahna Lee
dc.contributor.author Wilson, Annabelle
dc.contributor.author Mastersson, Nadia
dc.date.accessioned 2018-06-25T00:30:58Z
dc.date.available 2018-06-25T00:30:58Z
dc.date.issued 2013-03-19
dc.date.updated 2018-04-26T08:53:03Z
dc.description Copyright © 2013 Anthea Margaret Magarey et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. en
dc.description.abstract Rigorous evaluation of large-scale community-based obesity interventions can provide important guidance to policy and decision makers. The eat well be active (ewba) Community Programs, a five-year multilevel, multistrategy community-based obesity intervention targeting children in a range of settings, was delivered in two communities. A comprehensive mixed-methods evaluation using a quasiexperimental design with nonmatched comparison communities was undertaken. This paper describes the changes in primary school children's attitudes, behaviours, knowledge, and environments associated with healthy eating and physical activity, based on data from six questionnaires completed pre- and postintervention by students, parents, and school representatives. As self-reported by students in years from five to seven there were few significant improvements over time in healthy eating and physical activity behaviours, attitudes, knowledge, and perceived environments, and there were few changes in the home environment (parent report). Overall there were considerably more improvements in intervention compared with comparison schools affecting all environmental areas, namely, policy, physical, financial, and sociocultural, in addition to improvements in teacher skill and knowledge. These improvements in children's learning environments are important and likely to be sustainable as they reflect a change of school culture. More sensitive evaluation tools may detect behaviour changes.
dc.identifier.citation Anthea Margaret Magarey, Tahna Lee Pettman, Annabelle Wilson, and Nadia Mastersson, “Changes in Primary School Children's Behaviour, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Environments Related to Nutrition and Physical Activity,” ISRN Obesity, vol. 2013, Article ID 752081, 10 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/752081
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/752081
dc.identifier.issn 2090-9446
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/752081
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2328/38087
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Hindawi en
dc.rights Copyright © 2013 Anthea Margaret Magarey et al.
dc.rights.holder Anthea Margaret Magarey et al.
dc.subject obesity interventions
dc.subject childhood obesity
dc.subject child obesity prevention
dc.subject healthy eating
dc.title DUPLICATE OF http://hdl.handle.net/2328/35760 Changes in Primary School Children's Behaviour, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Environments Related to Nutrition and Physical Activity en
dc.type Article en
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Magarey, Anthea Margaret: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1214-2124 en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Wilson, Annabelle: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-8113 en_US
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