Evidence, theory and context--using intervention mapping to develop a school-based intervention to prevent obesity in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only limited data are available on the development and feasibility piloting of school-based interventions to prevent and reduce obesity in children. Clear documentation of the rationale, process of development and content of such interventions is essential to enable other researchers to understand why interventions succeed or fail.

Methods

This paper describes the development of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP), a school-based intervention to prevent obesity in children, through the first 4 steps of the Intervention Mapping protocol (IM). The intervention focuses on the following health behaviours, i) reduction of the consumption of sweetened fizzy drinks, ii) increase in the proportion of healthy snacks consumed and iii) reduction of TV viewing and other s

SUBMITTER: Lloyd JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3152876 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature