Kidquest Childhood Obesity Prevention program: Analysis of Its Influence on health of Rural South Dakota 5th and 6th Grade Children

<p>Obesity is a growing problem throughout the developed world. This project will focus on obesity in rural children by studying those living in an area of South Dakota. Research shows high levels of overweight and obese children in this demographic. The two major objectives of this study are to evaluate the efficacy of the KidQuest (KQ) nutrition and physical activity curriculum in reducing the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight and obese within participating South Dakota 5th and 6th grade children using baseline/post-intervention data and to determine which KQ teacher type is most effective as evaluated by anthropometric, biochemical, blood pressure, dietary choices. The KQ program was shown to provide reinforcement for nutrition and physical education in the school setting. It was also able to help students practice healthy options and improved some of the health parameters that prevent childhood obesity. The Teen Teachers (TT) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP-ED) educators were proven to be an effective approach to improving the health outcomes of the children and adolescents; their students showed significant improvements among some health parameters and dietary choices (DC) that prevent childhood obesity.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health and Nutritional Sciences

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Bumaryoum, Nayef

Contributors dc:contributor

• C.Y. Wang

• childhood obsesity
• rural health
• KQ
• SNAP
• child health
• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Maternal and Child Health
• Public Health Education and Promotion

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/1

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1003