Preliminary Effectiveness of a Strategy to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Habits in Schoolchildren.

Gloria Carvajal-CarrascalTania Catalina Chinchilla-SalcedoCésar Augusto Niño-HernándezPaola Sarmiento-GonzálezAngélica María Ospina-RomeroBeatriz Sánchez-Herrera

Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

According to experts, the health promotion strategy "Prosalud" is valid to help promoting healthy lifestyle habits among schoolchildren. This strategy demonstrates its preliminary effectiveness in a group of school children from 6 to 12 years of age, their parents, teachers, and school food staff, in the Andean region of Colombia.

Keyphrases

health promotion
physical activity
randomized controlled trial
metabolic syndrome
systematic review
cardiovascular disease
weight loss
mental health
risk assessment
climate change
high school