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Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is an epidemic. Strategies are needed to promote children’s healthy habits related to diet and physical activity. School gardens have the potential to bolster children’s physical activity and reduce time spent in sedentary activity; however little research has examined...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25671113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-3258-72-43 |
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author | Wells, Nancy M Myers, Beth M Henderson, Charles R |
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description | BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is an epidemic. Strategies are needed to promote children’s healthy habits related to diet and physical activity. School gardens have the potential to bolster children’s physical activity and reduce time spent in sedentary activity; however little research has examined the effect of gardens on children’s physical activity. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examines the effect of school gardens on children’s overall physical activity and sedentary behavior; and on children’s physical activity during the school day. In addition, physical activity levels and postures are compared using direct observation, outdoors, in the garden and indoors, in the classroom. METHODS/DESIGN: Twelve New York State schools are randomly assigned to receive the school garden intervention or to serve in the wait-list control group that receives gardens and lessons at the end of the study. The intervention consists of a raised bed garden; access to a curriculum focused on nutrition, horticulture, and plant science and including activities and snack suggestions; resources for the school including information about food safety in the garden and related topics; a garden implementation guide provided guidance regarding planning, planting and maintaining the garden throughout the year; gardening during the summer; engaging volunteers; building community capacity, and sustaining the program. Data are collected at baseline and 3 post-intervention follow-up waves at 6, 12, and 18 months. Physical activity (PA) “usually” and “yesterday” is measured using surveys at each wave. In addition, at-school PA is measured using accelerometry for 3 days at each wave. Direct observation (PARAGON) is used to compare PA during an indoor classroom lesson versus outdoor, garden-based lesson. DISCUSSION: Results of this study will provide insight regarding the potential for school gardens to increase children’s physical activity and decrease sedentary behaviors. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrial.gov # NCT02148315 ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/2049-3258-72-43) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-43224662015-02-11 Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity Wells, Nancy M Myers, Beth M Henderson, Charles R Arch Public Health Study Protocol BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is an epidemic. Strategies are needed to promote children’s healthy habits related to diet and physical activity. School gardens have the potential to bolster children’s physical activity and reduce time spent in sedentary activity; however little research has examined the effect of gardens on children’s physical activity. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examines the effect of school gardens on children’s overall physical activity and sedentary behavior; and on children’s physical activity during the school day. In addition, physical activity levels and postures are compared using direct observation, outdoors, in the garden and indoors, in the classroom. METHODS/DESIGN: Twelve New York State schools are randomly assigned to receive the school garden intervention or to serve in the wait-list control group that receives gardens and lessons at the end of the study. The intervention consists of a raised bed garden; access to a curriculum focused on nutrition, horticulture, and plant science and including activities and snack suggestions; resources for the school including information about food safety in the garden and related topics; a garden implementation guide provided guidance regarding planning, planting and maintaining the garden throughout the year; gardening during the summer; engaging volunteers; building community capacity, and sustaining the program. Data are collected at baseline and 3 post-intervention follow-up waves at 6, 12, and 18 months. Physical activity (PA) “usually” and “yesterday” is measured using surveys at each wave. In addition, at-school PA is measured using accelerometry for 3 days at each wave. Direct observation (PARAGON) is used to compare PA during an indoor classroom lesson versus outdoor, garden-based lesson. DISCUSSION: Results of this study will provide insight regarding the potential for school gardens to increase children’s physical activity and decrease sedentary behaviors. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrial.gov # NCT02148315 ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/2049-3258-72-43) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2014-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4322466/ /pubmed/25671113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-3258-72-43 Text en © Wells et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Study Protocol Wells, Nancy M Myers, Beth M Henderson, Charles R Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity |
title | Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity |
title_full | Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity |
title_fullStr | Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity |
title_full_unstemmed | Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity |
title_short | Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity |
title_sort | study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physical activity |
topic | Study Protocol |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25671113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-3258-72-43 |
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