BOUNCE: An Exploratory Healthy Lifestyle Summer Intervention for Girls

SummaryObjectiveFamily‐based interventions represent a potentially valuable route to increasing child physical activity (PA) in children. A dual meta‐analysis and realist synthesis approach examined existing interventions to assist those developing programmes to encourage uptake and maintenance of PA in children.DesignStudies were screened for inclusion based on including participants aged 5–12 years, having a substantive aim of increasing PA by engaging the family and reporting on PA outcome. Duplicate data extraction and quality assessment were conducted. Meta‐analysis was conducted in STATA. Realist synthesis included theory development and evidence mapping.ResultsForty‐seven studies were included, of which three received a ‘strong’ quality rating, 21 ‘moderate’ and 23 ‘weak’. The meta‐analysis (19 studies) demonstrated a significant small effect in favour of the experimental group (standardized mean difference: 0.41; 95%CI 0.15–0.67). Sensitivity analysis, removing one outlier, reduced this to 0.29 (95%CI 0.14–0.45). Realist synthesis (28 studies) provided insight into intervention context (particularly, family constraints, ethnicity and parental motivation), and strategies to change PA (notably, goal‐setting and reinforcement combined).ConclusionThis review provides key recommendations to inform policy makers and other practitioners in developing evidence‐based interventions aimed at engaging the family to increase PA in children, and identifies avenues for future research.

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“…Forty‐seven interventions met inclusion criteria (Fig. ), of which 31 (66%) demonstrated a significant positive effect on physical activity.…”

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Family‐based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and realist synthesis

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“…Many of these children are also often making their own meals and snacks with limited parental monitoring and limited engagement in moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity during the SS . Therefore, summer programs such as the VERB™ Summer Scorecard, BOUNCE, and Active Generations that provide opportunities in a safe place for children to participate in physical activities and practice good nutritional habits are needed to sustain healthy weight and aerobic fitness levels. Practically, such programs could evolve from local health councils in schools working to build relationships with community groups targeting summertime youth activity needs, opportunities, and resources.…”

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Association Between the Summer Season and Body Fatness and Aerobic Fitness Among Hispanic Children

Rodriguez

Olvera

Leung

et al. 2014

Journal of School Health

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“…They were part of a larger three-week family-based healthy lifestyle summer intervention titled Behavior Opportunities Uniting Nutrition, Counseling, and Exercise (BOUNCE) [27]. Girls' mean age was 10.8 years (SD = 1.2 years, range from 8 to 14 years).…”

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Promoting Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity in Overweight Minority Girls

Olvera

Graham

McLeod

et al. 2010

International Journal of Pediatrics

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There is limited research on the types of activities that are most effective for promoting MVPA in children. Purpose. To assess which types of activities elicit MVPA in overweight minority girls. Methods. Sample consisted of 31 overweight (BMI ≥ 85th percentile) Latina and African-American girls (mean age 10.3 ± 1.2 years). Participants wore an Actical accelerometer each day for 8 hours for 15 days to assess engagement in MVPA during their participation in a three-week activity intervention that included traditional fitness, sport skills, games, dancing, and flexibility sessions. Results. On average 62% of participants met the MVPA recommended guidelines (60 min/5d/wk) with an average of 68.5 ± 14 minutes of MVPA across the three weeks. Traditional fitness sessions elicited the highest percent of MVPA (mean time spent in MVPA = 32%), followed by dancing and games (mean time spent in MVPA = 21%), sports skills (mean time spent in MVPA = 18%), and flexibility (mean time spent in MVPA = 7%). Step aerobics and rumba fitness elicited the highest proportions of MVPA. Conclusion. Traditional fitness activities were identified as the most successful in eliciting MVPA in overweight Latina and African American girls.

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BOUNCE: An Exploratory Healthy Lifestyle Summer Intervention for Girls

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Family‐based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and realist synthesis

Family‐based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and realist synthesis

Association Between the Summer Season and Body Fatness and Aerobic Fitness Among Hispanic Children

Promoting Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity in Overweight Minority Girls

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