Marlon Francis|Selby Nichols|Nequesha Dalrymple
The effects of a school-based intervention programme on dietary intakes and physical activity among primary-school children in Trinidad and Tobago
University of the West Indies|University of the West Indies|University of the Southern Caribbean
childhood obesity increasingly recognized major public health problem caribbean objective present study evaluate effectiveness shortterm schoolbased multicomponent education intervention improving knowledge attitudes behaviour primaryschool children towards better dietary activity habitsthe study randomized controlled schoolbased nutrition education physical activity intervention participating schools randomly assigned intervention ivg nonintervention nivg groupsall primary schools sangre grande northeast trinidadfive hundred seventynine pupils sixth year primaryschool education enrolled twelve schools sangre grande northeast trinidadapproximately 23 participants bmi 85th percentile centers disease control prevention age genderspecific cutoff values multivariate regression equations controlling age gender bmi baseline value intervention associated lower intake levels fried foods snack foods high fat sugar salt hfss sodas p 005 similar analyses intervention associated higher knowledge scores p 001 intervention significantly associated physical activity childrens eating attitude test26 cheat26 scores controlling age gender bmi relevant baseline valuesthe intervention associated lower intake levels fried foods hfss foods sodas higher knowledge scores independent age gender bmi ethnicity appropriate baseline value finally intervention associated changes physical activity behaviours multivariate analyses