Social marketing approaches to nutrition and physical activity interventions in early care and education centres: a systematic review

CT Luecking, H Hennink‐Kaminski… - Obesity …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Social marketing is a promising planning approach for influencing voluntary
lifestyle behaviours, but its application to nutrition and physical activity interventions in the …

Optimal timing of introduction of complementary feeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ZA Padhani, JK Das, FA Siddiqui, RA Salam… - Nutrition …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Context The timing of introducing complementary feeding (CF) is crucial because premature
or delayed CF can be associated with adverse health outcomes in childhood and adulthood …

The role of preschool hours in achieving physical activity recommendations for preschoolers

S Lahuerta-Contell, J Molina-García, A Queralt… - Children, 2021 - mdpi.com
Research on physical activity (PA) in different educational settings could elucidate which
interventions promote a healthy school lifestyle in early childhood education (ECE). The …

Design, implementation, and study protocol of a kindergarten‐based health promotion intervention

S Kobel, O Wartha, T Wirt, J Dreyhaupt… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Inactivity and an unhealthy diet amongst others have led to an increased prevalence of
overweight and obesity even in young children. Since most health behaviours develop …

Development of an intervention program to prevent childhood obesity targeted to Mexican mothers of school-aged children using intervention mapping and social …

G Zacarías, T Shamah-Levy, E Elton-Puente… - Evaluation and Program …, 2019 - Elsevier
In Mexico, data from the last National Health and Nutrition Survey (2016) described the
increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school-aged children (33.2%) …

Tools, harmonization and standardization procedures of the impact and outcome evaluation indices obtained during a kindergarten‐based, family‐involved …

T Mouratidou, ML Miguel, O Androutsos… - obesity …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The ToyBox‐intervention is a kindergarten‐based, family‐involved intervention targeting
multiple lifestyle behaviours in preschool children, their teachers and their families. This …

Using Intervention Mapping for child development and wellbeing programs in early childhood education and care settings

A O'Connor, C Blewitt, A Nolan, H Skouteris - Evaluation and program …, 2018 - Elsevier
Supporting children's social and emotional learning benefits all elements of children's
development and has been associated with positive mental health and wellbeing …

Which behaviour change techniques are associated with interventions that increase physical activity in pre-school children? A systematic review

MA Al-Walah, M Donnelly, C Cunningham, N Heron - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Background Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a significant risk factor that contributes to
several health problems and there is a need to improve our understanding of how to …

Effect and process evaluation of a kindergarten-based, family-involved intervention with a randomized cluster design on sedentary behaviour in 4-to 6-year old …

J Latomme, G Cardon, I De Bourdeaudhuij, V Iotova… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The aim of the present study evaluated the effect and process of the ToyBox-
intervention on proxy-reported sedentary behaviours in 4-to 6-year-old preschoolers from six …

The effect of a cluster randomised control trial on objectively measured sedentary time and parental reports of time spent in sedentary activities in Belgian …

M De Craemer, E De Decker, M Verloigne… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background In preschoolers, high levels of sedentary behaviour are associated with several
adverse health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to report the effects of the ToyBox …