HEALTHY intervention: fitness, physical activity, and metabolic syndrome results.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to assess the effect of the HEALTHY intervention on the metabolic syndrome (Met-S), fitness, and physical activity levels of US middle-school students.

Methods

Cluster randomized controlled trial conducted in 42 (21 intervention) US middle schools. Participants were recruited at the start of sixth grade (2006) when baseline assessments were made, with post-assessments made 2.5 yr later at the end of eighth grade (2009). The HEALTHY intervention had four components: 1) improved school food environment, 2) physical activity and eating educational sessions, 3) social marketing, and 4) revised physical education curriculum. Met-S risk factors, 20-m shuttle run (fitness), and self-reported moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) were assessed at eac

SUBMITTER: Jago R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3605897 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature