| Autor: |
Loong C; Centre for Functional Food and Human Nutrition, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore 569830.; Food Science and Nutrition Group, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore 569830., Leo L; Food Science and Nutrition Group, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore 569830., Goh D; Food Science and Nutrition Group, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore 569830., Lim PS; Food Science and Nutrition Group, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore 569830., Loke WM; Food Science and Nutrition Group, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore 569830.; Centre for Functional Food and Human Nutrition, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, 180 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, Singapore 569830, Phone: +65 6550 1504; +65 94378166. |
| Abstrakt: |
Limited data are available on the effectiveness of the school-based structured fitness and wellness program to influence dietary quality and physical activity levels in Singaporean adolescents. The study examined if a 20-h (over 10 weeks) school-based structured fitness and wellness module affects the diet quality indices, energy intakes, physical activity levels and the associated energy expenditures in a group of healthy, male adolescents with low diet quality and physical activity levels. Participant demography, anthropometry, dietary intake and daily physical activity were obtained at the beginning, mid-point and end of the 10-week program. Physical activity levels were assessed accelerometrically over a 1-weekday period. Dietary intake were taken using a structured 7-day food diary, and diet quality assessed using the Diet Quality Index-International (DQI-I). The 31 enrolled participants (age 19.8 ± 0.6 years) with body mass index (BMI) (19.8 ± 0.6 kg/m2) followed diets of low diet quality scores (48.3 ± 9.6 out of 100) and engaged in 3.87 ± 2.00 h of physical activity daily before the start of the intervention. Their dietary quality and physical activity levels did not change significantly throughout the intervention period. They scored poorly in the moderation and overall balance components of the diet quality assessment. The physical activity duration correlated inversely to the diet quality scores. Our results suggest that the prescribed school-based fitness and wellness module was ineffective in influencing the diet quality and physical activity levels of Singaporean male adolescents with low diet quality and physical activity levels. |
