Reducing unhealthy weight gain in children through community capacity-building: results of a quasi-experimental intervention program, Be Active Eat Well

Improving weight status in childhood: results from the eat well be active community programs

“…Confounding is unlikely as there were no clinically important or statistically significant differences at baseline between INT and COMP children. Further, the response rates achieved were very good compared with similar evaluations Sanigorski et al 2008b), so the sample measured is more likely to be representative of the population of interest, and provides confidence in our estimates.. The objective anthropometric assessments showed high accuracy and reliability in measurement for the primary school children.…”

“…There is now some evidence (Sanigorski et al 2008b;de Silva-Sanigorski et al 2010b;Taylor et al 2008) in support of community-wide approaches in reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity, but it is not yet known whether the community development approach taken in South Australia, with resources shared across metropolitan and regional/rural sites operating in two different health services, was sufficient to embed sustainable changes within local systems (e.g. education, care).…”

“…Be Active Eat Well (Sanigorski et al 2008a), Romp & Chomp (de Silva-Sanigorski et al 2010b), Fun n Healthy in Moreland! (Moore and Gibbs 2010), and Project APPLE (Taylor et al 2007).…”

Action or inaction? Food and nutrition in Australian local governments

“…Contemporary discussions concerning the potential roles of local governments in relation to obesity issues (31,32) were considered to be preliminary at the time of this survey but could be considered in the future.…”

A Capacity Building Approach to Increase Sports Participation in Disadvantaged Urban Communities: A Multilevel Analysis

“…2,3 One of the methods that has been shown to be effective in decreasing risk factors for unhealthy behavior in these deprived communities is community capacity building. [4][5][6] The concept community capacity building is commonly used in health promotion and its value is widely recognized. 6 In the health promotion glossary, "community capacity" is defined as "the development of knowledge, skills, commitment, structures, systems and leadership to enable effective health promotion."…”