A Content Analysis of Kindergarten-12th Grade School-based Nutrition Interventions: Taking Advantage of Past Learning

Eating Good and Moving Like We Should: A Consideration for Registered Dietitians in Schools

“…These results supported the findings of several systematic reviews of school-based nutrition interventions, which report moderate evidence of BMI reduction (24,25). One of these reviews, Lavelle et al (33) found that interventions that targeted overweight/obese children reduced their BMI by 0.35 (95% CI: 0.12, 0.58, P = 0.003).…”

“…Schoolbased nutrition interventions have shown positive effects on body mass index (BMI) values in elementary children, but mixed results have been reported (20)(21)(22)(23), and few interventions have been conducted with African American children (24). Also, as stated by Roseman et al (25) who recommended multi-component interventions, the opportunities for extended impact in school-based interventions may be limited when faced with the challenges of the school schedule, academic testing, state-mandated curricula, and multiple levels of school administration.…”

Effects of an intervention aimed at reducing the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in primary school children: a controlled trial

“…Schools are a relevant setting in which to improve healthy lifestyles among children, not only because most children attend school, but also because it allows an intervention to reach children with varied ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds [17]–[26]. Nevertheless, schools are not the only setting that needs to be addressed.…”

Protecting Children from Harmful Food Marketing: Options for Local Government to Make a Difference

“…Schools are a relevant setting in which to improve healthy lifestyles among children, not only because most children attend school, but also because it allows an intervention to reach children with varied ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. Nevertheless, schools are not the only setting that needs to be addressed.…”

“…It has therefore been suggested that childhood obesity must be addressed in multiple settings, i.e. at the individual, family, school and community level [17,18,24,33,35,39,40]. This advice with regard to multiple settings has led to initiatives such as the European EPODE network (where EPODE is a French acronym that stands for 'Together let's prevent childhood obesity') and its Dutch version JOGG, which are both using an approach that incorporates social marketing techniques [41][42][43].…”