Improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children

This study reported on the development, implementation and evaluation of a diet and physical activity behaviour change randomized controlled trial for mothers of young children. The six-month flexible delivery intervention was delivered via playgroups to mothers of young children. The intervention d...

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Main Author: Monteiro, Sarojini Maria Dos Remedios
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/173
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description This study reported on the development, implementation and evaluation of a diet and physical activity behaviour change randomized controlled trial for mothers of young children. The six-month flexible delivery intervention was delivered via playgroups to mothers of young children. The intervention demonstrated statistically significant improvement in the intensity of vigorous, moderate and total physical activity duration. It also demonstrated a statistically significant increase in fruit and vegetable intake, and an improvement in fat and fibre eating behaviours.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-1732017-02-20T06:41:35Z Improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children Monteiro, Sarojini Maria Dos Remedios This study reported on the development, implementation and evaluation of a diet and physical activity behaviour change randomized controlled trial for mothers of young children. The six-month flexible delivery intervention was delivered via playgroups to mothers of young children. The intervention demonstrated statistically significant improvement in the intensity of vigorous, moderate and total physical activity duration. It also demonstrated a statistically significant increase in fruit and vegetable intake, and an improvement in fat and fibre eating behaviours. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/173 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Monteiro, Sarojini Maria Dos Remedios
Improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children
title Improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children
title_full Improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children
title_fullStr Improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children
title_full_unstemmed Improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children
title_short Improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children
title_sort improving nutrition and physical activity behaviours of mothers with young children
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/173