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Table 4 Physical activity objectives: activity summary

From: Process evaluation of a community-based adolescent obesity prevention project in Tonga

Category

Description

Objective number (#)

Comments

Policies

   
 

Nil

  

Activities

   
 

1 × weekend soccer tournament organised over a 4 week period

8

All intervention sites participated plus 2 other intervention schools

 

1 × weekend volleyball tournament organised over a 5 week period

8

10 × teams participated from 1 intervention community

 

2 × sports competition over 3 days

7,8

3 × villages participated in different sports events

 

1 × fun run event

7

Followed a 1/2 day physical activity of cleaning up the community led by youth groups

 

1 × environment day

7

1 intervention site involved in a 2 hour running event

Programs

   
 

74 × one hour aerobic sessions conducted over a 1 year period

7

Targeted whole community especially adolescent girls. Conducted at village level.

 

1 school conducted weekly aerobics × 2 terms

7

Targeted both students and teachers

 

6 × one hour Krump sessions, 2 × action song, 2 × hip hop dance sessions conducted at Schools and community

7

Aimed to introduce students to new form of physical activity

 

21 × Walk for Health events

7

Targeted whole community in different villages

 

7 × one hour tennis coaching sessions

7

Targeted adolescents in one community

Infrastructure and equipment

  
 

12 × soccer balls & 8 × volley balls distributed

7, 8

Distributed to intervention schools to support organized sports. Funded by various donors.

  1. M - multiple objectives, 1- Building capacity, 2 - Social Marketing, 3 - Evaluation, 4 - Breakfast, 5 - School Lunch, 6 - Vegetables & Fruit, 7 - Physical Activity, 8 - Organized sports, 9 - Sweet Drinks vs. Water, 10 - Programme