- Title
- Effects of integrating pedometers, parental materials, and e-mail support within an extracurricular school sport intervention
- Creator
- Lubans, David R.; Morgan, Philip J.; Callister, Robin; Collins, Clare E.
- Relation
- Journal of Adolescent Health Vol. 44, Issue 2, p. 176-183
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.06.020
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a school-based intervention (Program X) incorporating pedometers and e-mail support on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and healthy eating in adolescents. A randomized control trial was used to evaluate the impact of the Program X intervention. Six schools (N = 124 participants; mean age 14.1 ± .8 years) were randomized to intervention or control conditions for the 6-month study period. Objectively recorded physical activity (mean steps/day), self-reported sedentary behavior, and dietary habits were measured at baseline and at 6-month follow up and intervention effects were assessed using repeated-measures analysis of variance and χ² tests. Participants in the intervention group increased their step counts by 956 ± 4107 steps/day (boys) and 999 ± 1999 (girls). Repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed significant group-by-time interactions for boys (F = 7.4,p = .01, d = .80) and girls (F = 29.6,p <.001, d = 1.27) for mean steps/day. The intervention significantly decreased the number of energy-dense/low-nutrient snacks consumed by boys (χ² = 4.0,p = .043) and increased the number of fruit serves among girls (χ² = 4.8,p = .028). The intervention did not have a statistically significant effect on sedentary behavior. A school-based intervention incorporating physical activity monitoring using pedometers and e-mail support was successful in promoting physical activity and selected healthy eating behaviors in adolescent boys and girls.
- Subject
- physical activity; middle school; intervention; pedometer; adolescents
- Identifier
- uon:6806
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/805187
- Identifier
- ISSN:1054-139X
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