Table 3 Intervention 'taster' sessions
| Diet only sessions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Topic | Intervention session aims, content and mode of delivery | ||
| Awareness raising | Skill development/Learning activities | Delivery# | ||
| Primary school | 5-a day fruit and vegetables |
* The five-a day message * Fruit and salad alternatives to energy dense snacks |
* Making simple fruit and salad vegetables dishes; * Tasting session; * Fruit and vegetable goal setting |
* Interactive knowledge sessions; * Small group work |
| Secondary school | Healthy snacks | * Incorporating dietary alternatives to energy dense drinks/snacks e.g. one smoothie per day |
* Design and make fruit smoothies and savoury dips; * Tasting session | * Small group work |
| Fats in the diet |
The role of fats: * as part of a healthy diet; * in the energy density of foods |
* Group discussion; * Worksheets; * Demonstration of types of fats * Understanding traffic light food labelling |
* Powerpoint presentation; * Whole group demonstration | |
| POW | Breakfast options |
* Importance of eating breakfast; * The impact of skipping breakfast on food intake throughout the day |
* Discussion/reflection on own habits; * Tasting session of various healthy breakfast options |
* Powerpoint presentation and discussion; * Whole group activities |
| PA only sessions | ||||
| Primary school | Benefits of PA |
* Understanding the benefits of PA; * Maintaining healthy body weight |
* Circuit training- style range of activities; * Group discussion | * Local authority PA advisor-led whole group and small group activities |
| Conventional sport | * Using popular activity to reinforce PA messages |
* Game of football; * Group discussion | * Team game; Whole group activities | |
| Secondary school | "Street dance" | * Using popular activity to reinforce PA messages |
* Learning and executing a dance routine; * Group discussion |
* Professional-led dance session; * Whole group activities |
| PA frequency, intensity, type and time (FITT) principles |
* Physical activity requirements for health; * FITT principles; * Active leisure; * Increasing PA in daily activities and reducing sedentary behaviours |
* Group discussion; * Worksheets; * Goal setting (to accumulate additional 1 hr PA over individually set timeframe) |
* Power-point presentation; * Small group activities | |
| POW | Physical activity and energy balance |
* Principles of PA; * How PA is linked to energy balance |
* Group discussion; * Worksheets; * Demonstration of pulse reading |
* Power-point presentation; * Small group activities; * Whole group demonstration |
| Combined Diet and PA sessions | ||||
| Primary school | Arterial stiffness |
* Heart health; * Heart and arterial stiffness in relation to diet, PA and cardiovascular fitness | * 20 m 'shuttle run' assessment of cardiovascular fitness |
* Powerpoint presentation and discussion * Small group activities |
| Energy balance | * Principles of energy balance. |
* Worksheets; * Interactive session with foods; * Quiz |
* Powerpoint presentation; * Small group activities | |
