Project spraoi : an evaluation of a school based intervention to improve nutrition, increase physical activity and decrease the prevalence of overweight/obesity among school children attending a DEIS urban band one primary school in Cork City / John Paul Neville.
By: Neville, John Paul [author.].
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BookSeries: M.Sc. - Sport Leisure & Childhood Studies.Publisher: Cork : Cork Institute of Technology, 2015Description: xii, 121 pages : color illustrations, graphs, tables ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Obesity in children
| Physical fitness for children | Nutrition -- Children | Urban schools | Social status -- Health aspects -- ChildrenDDC classification: THESES PRESS Online resources: Access eThesis Dissertation note: MSc Summary: School-based interventions aimed at reducing levels of overweight/obesity among primary school children are inconclusive. There is a death of research which specifically targets children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The purpose of the current study is to assess the effectiveness of a nutrition and physical activity intervention 'Project Spraoi' on children attending a DEIS urban band one primary-school (lower socio-economic status) in Cork city, Ireland. Methods: A health promotion intervention developed in collaboration with Project Energize, New Zealand was implemented and evaluated during the 2013/14 academic school year. One control and one intervention DEIS urban band one primary school from Cork city participated in the research. Data was collected from children in senior infants/first class (control n = 20; intervention n = 35 mean age 6.6 ± 0.6 years) and fourth class (control n = 25; intervention n = 32 mean age 9.8 ± 0.4 years) in each school. Pre and post intervention were, body mass index (BMI) percentage body fat (%BF), resting blood pressure, waist circumference, daily moderate to vigorous physical activity levels (MVPA), aerobic fitness, physical activity and nutritional knowledge questionaire. Results: Significant improvements were recorded in mean daily MVPA in both senior infant/1st class children from the intervention group between baseline (55.6 ± 14.1 mins/day) and follow up (69.5 ± 11.6 mins/day; p <.01). No significant change was evident in MVPA in the control groups (p >.05). Statistically significant improvements were recorded in the intervention school children in BMI, %BF, waist circumference and resting blood pressure. Nutritional knowledge increased significantly amongst the senior infant/1st class intervention group children from pre to post intervention (p <.01), this change was not found among the control group. Conclusions: 'Project Spraoi' intervention positively impacted on markers of health among children attending a DEIS urban band one school in Cork. - (Author's abstract)
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School-based interventions aimed at reducing levels of overweight/obesity among primary school children are inconclusive. There is a death of research which specifically targets children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The purpose of the current study is to assess the effectiveness of a nutrition and physical activity intervention 'Project Spraoi' on children attending a DEIS urban band one primary-school (lower socio-economic status) in Cork city, Ireland. Methods: A health promotion intervention developed in collaboration with Project Energize, New Zealand was implemented and evaluated during the 2013/14 academic school year. One control and one intervention DEIS urban band one primary school from Cork city participated in the research. Data was collected from children in senior infants/first class (control n = 20; intervention n = 35 mean age 6.6 ± 0.6 years) and fourth class (control n = 25; intervention n = 32 mean age 9.8 ± 0.4 years) in each school. Pre and post intervention were, body mass index (BMI) percentage body fat (%BF), resting blood pressure, waist circumference, daily moderate to vigorous physical activity levels (MVPA), aerobic fitness, physical activity and nutritional knowledge questionaire. Results: Significant improvements were recorded in mean daily MVPA in both senior infant/1st class children from the intervention group between baseline (55.6 ± 14.1 mins/day) and follow up (69.5 ± 11.6 mins/day; p <.01). No significant change was evident in MVPA in the control groups (p >.05). Statistically significant improvements were recorded in the intervention school children in BMI, %BF, waist circumference and resting blood pressure. Nutritional knowledge increased significantly amongst the senior infant/1st class intervention group children from pre to post intervention (p <.01), this change was not found among the control group. Conclusions: 'Project Spraoi' intervention positively impacted on markers of health among children attending a DEIS urban band one school in Cork. - (Author's abstract)