Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2005
Publisher
Elsevier
Source Publication
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Source ISSN
0002-8223
Abstract
This study examined the effectiveness of a unique extracurricular after-school initiative designed to promote healthy diets and exercise in urban African Americans. The Students and Parents Actively Involved in Being Fit after-school program was offered for 12 weeks to students and their parents/guardians at an urban middle school. Specific aims of the intervention were to increase participants’ vegetable and fruit intake by using established 5 A Day for Better Health educational resource materials/activities and to affect their health-related fitness through dance, games, and fitness activities. Fifty-six children and 25 parents/guardians completed a standard battery of evaluations before and after the program. Pre-post pairwise t test revealed that both children and their parents/guardians showed an increase in fruit consumption and a reduction in diastolic blood pressure (PP
Recommended Citation
Engels, Hermann-J.; Gretebeck, Randall J.; Gretebeck, Kimberlee A.; and Jimenez, Linda, "Promoting Healthful Diets and Exercise: Efficacy of a 12-Week After-School Program in Urban African Americans" (2005). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 845.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/845
Comments
Accepted version. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 105, No. 3 (March 2005): 455-459. DOI. © 2005 Elsevier. Used with permission.
Randall Gretebeck was affiliated with Wayne State University at the time of publication.
Kimberlee Gretebeck was affiliated with the University of Michigan at the time of publication.