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Effectiveness of the “Planning Health in School” Programme on Children’s Nutritional Status

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  • Margarida Vieira

    (Research Centre on Child Studies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal)

  • Andreia Teixeira

    (Department of Community Medicine, Information and Decision in Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
    Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
    ADiT-LAB, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal)

  • Graça S. Carvalho

    (Research Centre on Child Studies, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal)

Abstract

Effective interventions for guiding children to change behaviours are needed to tackle obesity. We evaluated the effectiveness of the ‘Planning Health in School’ programme (PHS-pro) on children’s nutritional status. A non-randomised control group pretest-posttest trial was conducted at elementary schools of a sub-urban municipality in Porto’s metropolitan area (Portugal). A total of 504 children of grade-6, aged 10–14, were assigned in two groups: children of one school as the intervention group (IG), and three schools as the control group (CG). Anthropometric measures included height, weight, waist circumference (WC), BMI and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and lifestyle behaviours (self-reported questionnaire) were assessed at baseline and after PHS-pro. IG children grew significantly taller more than CG ones ( p < 0.001). WC had reduced significantly in IG (−0.4 cm) whereas in the CG had increased (+0.3 cm; p = 0.015), and WHtR of IG showed a significant reduction ( p = 0.002) compared with CG. After PHS-pro, IG children consumed significantly fewer soft drinks ( p = 0.043) and ate more fruit and vegetables daily than CG. Physical activity time increased significantly in IG ( p = 0.022), while CG maintained the same activity level. The PHS-pro did improve anthropometric outcomes effectively leading to better nutritional status and appears to be promising in reducing overweight and obesity.

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  • Margarida Vieira & Andreia Teixeira & Graça S. Carvalho, 2021. "Effectiveness of the “Planning Health in School” Programme on Children’s Nutritional Status," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-13, December.
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