Healthy eating promoting in a Brazilian sports-oriented school: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents, particularly athletes, have high exposure to ultra-processed foods, which could be harmful to their health and physical performance. School environments are capable of improving eating patterns. Our study is aimed at capturing changes in students' food consumption three years after they enrolled at an experimental school, considered a model of health promotion in Rio de Janeiro city. We also aimed to depict the promising nature of the healthy eating promotion program implemented in the school and share the learnings from its implementation.

Methods

Our pilot study was a follow-up on the implementation of a school garden, experimental kitchen activities, and health promotion classes. We evaluated 83 adolescent athletes' food consumption twice during th

SUBMITTER: Massarani FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717494 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature