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An international study of food behavior and nutritional status of children from 21 countries (620.13)
Author(s) -
Hartwick Carol Anne,
Moreno Luis,
Fisberg Mauro,
Hart Kathryn,
Fielding Barbara,
LenhamNew Susan,
Richards Zoe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.620.13
Subject(s) - anthropometry , promotion (chess) , focus group , environmental health , data collection , intervention (counseling) , health promotion , psychology , medical education , medicine , political science , business , public health , marketing , sociology , social science , nursing , politics , law
The Danone Nations Cup (DNC) is an annual international soccer tournament for school‐aged children. It comprises 32 national final competitions and one world final event annually, involving more than 2.5 million children from up to 40 countries worldwide. The DNC’s ambition is to engage with and promote physical activity, inter‐cultural values, and healthy food habits to children. The Danone Institute International, a non‐for‐profit organisation promoting human health, designed an innovative health promotion intervention for the event, based on food appreciation and basic nutritional knowledge.. A collaborative project, Fit Food, gathered data on children’s 1) nutritional knowledge; 2) social behavior in a multi‐cultural food environment; 3) usual dietary intake; 4) body size and composition; and 4) n‐3 fatty acid status in relation to dietary intakes at the 2013 DNC World Final (London,UK). Mixed methods were used to evaluate the intervention and collect data from 22 of the 32 countries including: pre and post event questionnaires, anthropometric measurement, buccal cells (from saliva samples), observations and focus group interviews. Data are being analyzed in collaboration with the University of Surrey to explore the above objectives and to allow comparisons between countries and against WHO standards. An extensive pilot study will be implemented in 2014 to include data collection in local DNC tournaments as well as at the DNC world final in Brazil (09/14). Grant Funding Source : Supported by the Danone Institute International and the University of Surrey