Interventions to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in children and adolescents in summer day camps: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children and adolescents have suboptimal physical activity and eating habits during summer breaks. Unlike the school setting, there is little evidence on interventions to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in Summer Day Camps (SDCs).

Methods

The aim of this scoping review was to examine physical activity, healthy eating, and sedentary behavior interventions in the SDCs. A systematic search on four platforms (EBSCOhost, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science) was performed in May 2021 and was updated in June 2022. Studies related to promoting healthy behaviors, physical activity, sedentary behaviors and/or healthy eating among campers aged 6 to 16 in Summer Day Camps were retained. The protocol and writing of the scoping review were done according to the guidelines o

SUBMITTER: Larose D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10134537 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature