None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Healthy eating and regular physical activity are important for maintaining an appropriate body weight in adolescents and prevention of chronic disease later in life. Whilst some information is available on the food choices and physical activity patterns of New Zealand adoescents, there is currently a lack of data on the factors that may influence these patterns. Food choice and physical activity may be influenced by social factors such as personal beliefs, attitudes of friends and family and environmental factors such as access to and availability of healthy foods or activity spaces. Therefore the purpose of this project is to conduct an in-depth investigation of physical activity habits and food choices in Otago adolescents and the factors that influence these.
Interventions
Students from school years 9 to 13 were recruited from nineteen secondary schools in the Otago region of New Zealand. During school term 4 of 2009 data was collected using a single administration of a web-based questionnaire collecting information on demographics, self-reported height and weight, food-choice, physical activity and correlates of these.
Sponsors
University of Otago
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
11 Years to 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Participants attending secondary schools in the Otago area.
Exclusion criteria
Boys and girls under the age of 11; Those whose parent/guardian complete an opt-out parental consent form. Those students who do not give informed consent. Students who sign the consent form but do not wish to participate on the day of the school visit.
Outcome results
None listed