Effectiveness and acceptability of a novel school-based healthy eating program among primary school children in urban Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity rates are rising rapidly in low-middle-income-countries (LMICs). School-based interventions have shown moderate efficacy in improving diet and lifestyle associated with obesity in high-income countries. However, there is little data available on effective interventions suitable for LMICs. We devised a novel program for primary school children including a simple storybook and sticker-based food-diary (FD) and conducted a pilot study to evaluate the acceptability and short-term effectiveness of the program.

Methods

This pre-post intervention study included grade 1 and 2 students from four public schools in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Weight and height were assessed, and participating children self-monitored their diet using sticker-based FDs for one week at baseline

SUBMITTER: Seneviratne SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8590231 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature