Increasing children's physical activity: a peer modelling, rewards and pedometer-based intervention

Increasing parental provision and children's consumption of lunchbox fruit and vegetables in Ireland: the Food Dudes intervention

“…This intervention has great potential to bring about substantial health gains to children. The national rollout in Ireland provides opportunities for larger-scale evaluations of the Food Dudes intervention, which may, in time, be combined with our recently developed physical activity intervention (Horne et al, 2007) to tackle the growing problem of child obesity (O'Neill et al, 2007). Future research will also seek to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of the Food Dudes intervention in other countries and cultures worldwide.…”

A systematic review of studies using pedometers to promote physical activity among youth

“…1, however it is possible that studies were excluded for multiple and different reasons. Six studies were conducted in schools (Butcher et al, 2007;Horne et al, 2009;Lubans and Morgan, 2008;Oliver et al, 2006;Schofield et al, 2005;Zizzi et al, 2006), two were communitybased (Goldfield et al, 2006;Southard and Southard, 2006), and one was delivered in a clinical setting (Tsiros et al, 2008). Two interventions were family-based and included parents and children (Berry et al, 2007;Rodearmel et al, 2007), one study assessed changes in physical activity among blind children at an activity camp (Lieberman et al, 2006) and another study examined physical activity behavior in a laboratory setting (Goldfield et al, 2000).…”

“…Two interventions were family-based and included parents and children (Berry et al, 2007;Rodearmel et al, 2007), one study assessed changes in physical activity among blind children at an activity camp (Lieberman et al, 2006) and another study examined physical activity behavior in a laboratory setting (Goldfield et al, 2000). Seven studies involved children, aged 8-11 years (Butcher et al, 2007;Goldfield et al, 2000;Goldfield et al, 2006;Horne et al, 2009;Lieberman et al, 2006;Oliver et al, 2006;Southard and Southard, 2006), five studies included adolescent participants, aged 14-17 years (Lubans and Morgan, 2008;Lubans et al, 2009;Schofield et al, 2005;Tsiros et al, 2008;Zizzi et al, 2006) and two studies included children and adolescents in family-based interventions (Berry et al, 2007;Rodearmel et al, 2007). The shortest study period was 20 min and the longest assessment period was 6 months (Berry et al, 2007;Lubans et al, 2009;Rodearmel et al, 2007).…”

Parental perceptions on childrens out-of-school physical activity and family-based physical activity

“…In a recent family-based intervention study both maternal and paternal increases in step counts significantly predicted an increase in child step counts (Holm, Wyatt, Murphy, Hill, & Lorraine, 2012). Increasing child and parent self-efficacy by providing feedback about PA may facilitate and improve PA amongst families (Horne, Hardman, Lowe, & Rowlands, 2009). The methods presented here have uncovered new insights on potential important and relevant content to inform future out-of-school family-based interventions.…”