Grand Canyon Trekkers: School-Based Lunchtime Walking Program

Autor/inn/en	Hawthorne, Alisa; Shaibi, Gabriel; Gance-Cleveland, Bonnie; McFall, Sarah
Titel	Grand Canyon Trekkers: School-Based Lunchtime Walking Program
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 27 (2011) 1, S.43-50 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840510391669
Schlagwörter	Body Composition; Physical Activities; Low Income Groups; Hispanic American Students; Youth Programs; Body Weight; Obesity; Wellness; Pretests Posttests; Intervention; Health Related Fitness; Health Programs; Health Promotion; Exercise Physiology; Measures (Individuals); Metabolism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Jugendsofortprogramm; Körpergewicht; Adipositas; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden; Gesundheitssport; Gesundheitstraining; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Sportphysiologie; Messdaten; Stoffwechsel
Abstract	The incidence of childhood overweight is especially troubling among low income Latino youth. Grand Canyon Trekkers (GCT) was implemented as a quasi-experimental study in 10 Title 1 elementary schools with a large Latino population to examine the effects of a 16-week structured walking program on components of health-related physical fitness: Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference, and cardio-respiratory. Data on 1,074 research participants revealed no significance changes in BMI or waist circumference (p > .05); however, cardio-respiratory fitness increased by 37.1% over baseline. Cardiovascular fitness is an independent determinant of long-term health; therefore, the GCT program may have significantly improved the future health profile of the participants and decreased their risk of metabolic diseases. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10