The COPE Healthy Lifestyles TEEN Program: Feasibility, Preliminary Efficacy, &amp; Lessons Learned from an After School Group Intervention with Overweight Adolescents

Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek; Small, Leigh; Morrison‐Beedy, Dianne; Strasser, Anne; Spath, Lisa; Kreipe, Richard E.; Crean, Hugh F.; Jacobson, Diana; Kelly, Stephanie; O’Haver, Judith

doi:10.1016/j.pedhc.2007.02.009

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“…Childhood and adolescence obesity has both short-and long-term physical and psychosocial impacts 6,7 . It can progress into adult obesity 7,8 resulting in an increased rate of chronic disease in adulthood 7 , Schools offer important settings for implementing weight reduction programs (WRPs) as they can reach a large number of youths 9, 10,11,12 . WRPs help prevent and treat obesity in adolescents 13 .…”

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“…Social cognitive theory (SCT) 9, 10,11 and selfdetermination theory (SDT) 17,18 have been widely used in school-based WRPs and in Western contexts. Grounded SCT 19 came from the triadic reciprocal determinism evident in interaction patterns among personality, behaviors, and environments.…”

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“…Self-regulation involves individual processes to attain goals and behaviors 19 , thereby enhancing skill development and motivational activities. Empirical studies of WRP based on SCT found positive outcomes, such as reducing BMI and participating in activities 9, 10,11 . SCT's concept is rather similar to self-determined motivation from SDT, which refers to people's capacity to refl ect upon and engage in tasks of their choosing, not because of external rewards or pressures 21 .…”

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“…The group, facilitated toward a supportive and caring approach, can shed light on how you may come across as well as helping correct some incorrect assumptions. The group format is often most helpful because it provides a safe place to get feedback on how they are experienced by others [20].…”

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Promotion of behavioural change in people with hypertension: an intervention study

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“…These studies performed interventions during school time [16][17][18][19][20], or after school hours [21][22][23][24][25][26], aiming various target outcomes such as nutrition education [18,20], physical activity [16,[21][22][23] or a combination of these approaches [17,19,[24][25][26].…”

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Improvements of Nutrition Behavior Fitness and Body Fatness with a Short-Term after School Intervention Program

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Bianchessi²,

Rinaldi³

et al. 2013

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The prevalence of childhood obesity has been increasing worldwide and lifestyle changes are the most important strategies in managing this prevalence. This study aimed to describe the intervention effects of nutrition and physical activities offered as an after school short-term on outcomes of healthy nutrition practices, fitness and lowering fatness. This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a convenience sample of 59 caucasian children, aged 7.7 ± 1.4 years old (52.5% girls) registered on a private school of a middle-size town located in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. The school-based 12-week intervention consisted of 2 weekly 60 minutes section, during 3 months, including a nutritional education and a physical activity curriculum. Anthropometric data was measured for all children at baseline and after 12 weeks. All parents were contacted and requested to complete questionnaire about child's eating behavior at baseline and after the 12-week program. After the intervention, children showed an increasing in the intake of fruits (64.3%), vegetables (61.9%), and water (52.0%). Overall, 83.3% of the children changed eating behavior according to the questionnaire responded by the parents. Waist circumference was significantly lower and abdominal strength improved after participating in the intervention program. Mean height and weight were significantly higher in boys and girls after a 12-week intervention. Although mean values of BMI remained the same after the intervention it was observed a decreasing in the prevalence of obesity among the children. Thus our study showed that a school-based intervention program focused on nutritional education and physical activity program promoted waist circumference reduction and decreased obesity without affecting the height growth along with improved fitness and healthy eating behavior. This intervention program would be feasible and replicable in others schools around the country.

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The COPE Healthy Lifestyles TEEN Program: Feasibility, Preliminary Efficacy, & Lessons Learned from an After School Group Intervention with Overweight Adolescents

Cited by 106 publications

References 23 publications

Can the Weight Reduction Program Improve Obese Thai Adolescents’ Body Mass Index and Autonomous Motivation?

Can the Weight Reduction Program Improve Obese Thai Adolescents’ Body Mass Index and Autonomous Motivation?

Promotion of behavioural change in people with hypertension: an intervention study

Improvements of Nutrition Behavior Fitness and Body Fatness with a Short-Term after School Intervention Program

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