Interventions for promoting physical activity among European teenagers

A systematic review

• Auteurs: Femke De Meester , Frank van Lenthe , Heleen Spittaels , Nanna Lien , Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij
• Type: Artikel in wetenschappelijk tijdschrift
• Taal: Engels
• Collatie: International Journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity vol. 6, 2009
• Naam tijdschrift/vakblad: International Journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity

Samenvatting

Main findings of the review were:

1. school-based interventions generally lead to short term improvements in physical activity levels;
2. improvements in physical activity levels by school-based interventions were limited to school related physical activity with no conclusive transfer to leisure time physical activity;
3. including parents appeared to enhance school-based interventions;
4. the support of peers and the influence of direct environmental changes increased the physical activity level of secondary school children;
5. the assumption that a multi-component approach should produce synergistic results can not be confirmed;
6. when interventions aimed to affect more than one health behaviour the intervention appeared to be less effective in favour of physical activity.

Conclusion: overall, the current European literature supports the short-term effectiveness of school-based physical activity promotion programmes. The available evidence for the effectiveness in other settings is rather limited and underscores the need for further research.

Literatuurverwijzing: Meester, F. De, Lenthe, F.J. van, Spittaels, H., Lien, N., & Bourdeaudhuij, I. de (2009). Interventions for promoting physical activity among European teenagers: a systematic review. International Journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 6

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