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Table 3 Intervention 'taster' sessions

From: Developing obesity prevention interventions among minority ethnic children in schools and places of worship: The DEAL (DiEt and Active Living) study

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

  1. # all sessions were led by researchers unless otherwise stated