Tackling Youth Inactivity and Sedentary Behavior in an Entire Latin America City.

ABSTRACT: Real-world interventions are fundamental to bridge the research-practice gap in healthy lifestyle promotion. This study aimed to assess the impact of a 7-month, intensive, city-wide intervention ("Life of Health") on tackling youth inactivity and sedentary behavior in an entire Latin-American city (Jaguariuna, Brazil). For youth, a program focused on tackling inactivity/sedentary behavior was delivered at every school (n = 18). Plausibility assessments (pre-to-post design) were performed with 3,592 youth (out of 8,300 individuals at school age in the city) to test the effectiveness of the intervention. Primary outcomes were physical activity and sedentary behavior. Secondary outcome was BMI z-score. Physical activity did not change (0; 95%CI:-2.7-2.8 min/day; p = 0.976

SUBMITTER: Atalla M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194316 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature