- Title
- Promotion of healthy eating in clubs with junior teams in Australia: A cross-sectional study of club representatives and parents
- Creator
- Gonzalez, Sharleen; Clinton-McHarg, Tara; Wiggers, John; Wolfenden, Luke; Kingsland, Melanie; Hall, Alix; Lecathelinais, Christophe; Milner, Sharin; Sherker, Shauna; Rogers, Ben; Doran, Christopher; Brooke, Daisy
- Relation
- NHMRC.1128348 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1128348
- Relation
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia Vol. 30, Issue S1, p. 15-19
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.214
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Issues addressed: To: (i) describe the prevalence of policies and practices promoting healthy eating implemented by sports clubs with junior teams; (ii) examine differences in such practices across geographic and operational characteristics of clubs; and (iii) describe the attitudes of club representatives and parents regarding the acceptability of sports clubs implementing policies and practices to promote healthy eating. Methods: Cross-sectional telephone surveys of junior community football club management representatives and parents/carers of junior players were conducted in the states of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia in 2016. Results: Seventy-nine of the 89 club representatives approached to participate completed the telephone survey. All clubs (100%; 95% CI 96.2-100.0) reported recommending fruit or water be provided to players after games or at half-time, 24% (95% CI 14.4-33.7) reported promoting healthy food options through prominent positioning at point of sale and only 8% (95% CI 1.6-13.6) of clubs had a written healthy eating policy. There were no significant differences between the mean number of healthy eating policies and practices implemented by club socio-economic or geographic characteristics. Club representatives and parents/carers were supportive of clubs promoting healthy eating for junior players. Conclusions: While there is strong support within sporting clubs with junior teams for policies and practices to promote healthy eating, their implementation is highly variable. So what?: A considerable opportunity remains for health promotion policy and practice improvement in clubs with junior teams, particularly regarding policies related to nutrition.
- Subject
- children; adolescents; community-based intervention; healthy behaviours; nutrition
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1410716
- Identifier
- uon:36220
- Identifier
- ISSN:1036-1073
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Gonzalez, S., Clinton-McHarg, T. & Kingsland, M. et al. (2018) Promotion of healthy eating in clubs with junior teams in Australia: a cross-sectional study of club representatives and parents. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 30 (S1) 15-19, which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.214. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
- Language
- eng
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