Effects of School-Based Health-Promoting Activities on Children's Health: A Pragmatic Real-World Study.

ABSTRACT: More insight into the health effects of scaled-up school-based interventions in real-world settings is vital to sustainably integrate health in all schools. This study investigated the effectiveness of the scaled-up Healthy Primary School of the Future (HPSF) initiative in real-world school contexts on children's health (behaviours). From 2019 to 2022, eleven Dutch primary schools implemented HPSF-related activities. In 315 children from study years four to six (aged 7-11 years) from these schools, anthropometric measurements were performed, and questionnaires assessing the children's dietary behaviours and physical activity were administered. COVID-19 greatly limited the implementation of HPSF-related activities. Therefore, the results were compared between schools categorised as medium i

SUBMITTER: Hahnraths MTH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10420810 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature