Impact of NFL PLAY 60 Programming on Elementary School Children's Body Mass Index and Aerobic Capacity: The NFL PLAY 60 FitnessGram Partnership Project
| Autor: | Pedro F. Saint-Maurice, Yang Bai, Gregory J. Welk, Norma Candelaria, Kelly Allums-Featherston, Lorraine N Bandelli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Gerontology
Male Pediatric Obesity Health Promotion computer.software_genre Education Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Aerobic capacity Physical Education and Training Multimedia Multilevel model Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030229 sport sciences United States Philosophy Health promotion Physical Fitness General partnership Physical Endurance Female Psychology Body mass index computer Follow-Up Studies Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of school health. 87(11) |
| ISSN: | 1746-1561 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND We examined the impact of the Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP60) program on children's body mass index (BMI) and aerobic capacity (AC). METHODS Participation in the FUTP60 and both BMI and AC profiles were collected through the NFL PLAY 60 FitnessGram Partnership Project involving over 100 schools from 22 US states. We specifically examined the distributions of BMI and AC among participating versus nonparticipating schools in the 2012-2013 school year. Hierarchical linear models tested the impact of participation and availability of additional funding for program implementation on the proportions of youth meeting FitnessGram health-related fitness standards (ie, Needs Improvement—Health Risk [NIHR] and Healthy Fitness Zone [HFZ] categories). RESULTS After 1 year implementing the program, participating schools had lower proportions of boys (−4.1 ± 2.0%, p = .04) and girls (−4.5 ± 2.0%, p = .03) in the NIHR for BMI, and lower proportion of girls (−9.7 ± 4.0%, p = .02) in the NIHR for AC. There were no differences in the distributions for the HFZ and the availability of additional funding did not alter the relationships (p > .05). CONCLUSIONS This study provides preliminary evidence that participation in the FUTP60 is associated with improved profiles of health-related fitness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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