Promoting healthy eating and physical activity patterns among adolescents: a pilot study of ‘Slice of Life’

Promoting Physical Activity in Children and Youth

“…40 Other high school studies that addressed physical activity through multiple component interventions include the Australia School Project 55 and Slice of Life. 56 The Class of 89 Study, 57 which was part of a larger community study, had multiple intervention components and addressed multiple cardiovascular health behaviors. It involved grades 6 to 12, with follow-up through grade 12.…”

Effects of a Controlled Pedometer-Intervention Trial for Low-Active Adolescent Girls

“…To date, physical activity promotion for adolescents has included school (9,17), community (18,21), and physicianbased (16) interventions. School-based settings have been the most widely utilized, specifically physical education (PE) interventions in primary and/or lower high school (3,8,13,14).…”

Impact of the “Planning to be Active” Leisure Time Physical Exercise Program on Rural High School Students

“…The Cardiovascular Health in Children study did produce an increase in total daily physical activity among a small subgroup but not in all students in the intervention group [8]. There are few studies that target physical activity behavior among high school individuals [17][18][19][20]. The Stanford Adolescent Heart Health Program demonstrated an increase in females reporting regular aerobic activity [17].…”

“…Project Active Teens demonstrated no change in vigorous physical activity or flexibility exercises but there was an increase in moderate activity in 12th grade boys and an increase in strength exercises in 11th grade girls [18]. The Slice of Life intervention demonstrated no increases in the amount of time that ninth grade students spent exercising [19]. In the Australian School Project there was an increased rate of adolescents reporting more than one hour of exercise a week [20].…”