Healthy Lifestyle Fitness Camp: A Summer Approach to Prevent Obesity in Low-Income Youth

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• 作者：Gretchen Lynn George ; PhD ; RD¹ ; ^&dagger ; ; ^{glgeorge@sfsu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Constance Schneider ; PhD ; RD² ; Lucia Kaiser ; PhD ; RD³
• 关键词：summer day camp ; low income ; nutrition education ; physical activity ; childhood obesity
• 刊名：Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：48
• 期：3
• 页码：208-212.e1
• 全文大小：181 K

文摘

To examine the effect of participation in a summer camp focused on nutrition and fitness among low-income youth.

Methods

In 2011–2012, overweight and obese youth (n = 126) from Fresno, CA participated in a free 6-week summer program, Healthy Lifestyle Fitness Camp (HLFC), which included 3 h/wk of nutrition education provided by University of California CalFresh and 3 hours of daily physical activity through Fresno Parks and Recreation. The researchers used repeated-measures ANOVA to examine changes in weight, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) between HLFC and the comparison group (n = 29).

Results

Significant pre–post WHtR reductions were observed in HLFC: 0.64 to 0.61 (P < .001). In addition, WHtR reductions were maintained in HLFC 2 months afterward whereas an increase occurred in the comparison group (P < .007).

Conclusions and Implications

Understanding the impact of nutrition- and fitness-themed summer camps during unstructured months of summer is integral to obesity prevention among low-income youth.