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Åsa Norman; Mahnoush Etminan Malek; Gisela Nyberg; Emma Patterson; Liselotte Schäfer Elinder – Prevention Science, 2024
Health promotion from an early age is key to preventing unhealthy weight development in childhood, and parental involvement is essential. The school-based Healthy School Start intervention aims to promote healthy dietary and activity habits in the home environment and prevent child obesity through parental support. This study evaluated the…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Child Health, Body Weight, Parent Role
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Rosander, Ulla; Rumpunen, Kimmo; Lindmark-Mansson, Helena; Gullberg, Bo; Paulsson, Marie; Holm, Ingvar – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2013
Purpose/Objectives: Purpose was to investigate the nutrient content of Swedish school meals consumed by students in the context of national recommendations regarding food composition and intake. Methods: Composite samples of lunch meals consumed by six students during a five-day period were collected using the double portion method and analyzed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Food Standards
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Soderlund, Lena L.; Malmsten, Janna; Bendtsen, Preben; Nilsen, Per – Health Education Journal, 2010
Objective: To evaluate how a motivational interviewing (MI) training course for child healthcare nurses in Sweden affected their work with children's weight issues and their attitudes to MI. Design: Cross-sectional survey, descriptive design. Setting: Nurses were recruited from 33 different child healthcare centres in Ostergotland, Sweden. Method:…
Descriptors: Obesity, Nurses, Interviews, Foreign Countries