Heather H. Betz

TL;DR: Effects on children’s nutrition outcomes and process evaluation of the school component resulted in small but beneficial effects on consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grain bread in ethnically diverse low-income elementary school children.

TL;DR: The low achievement of physical activity and screen time recommendations and high prevalence of overweight/obesity in this mostly minority, low socioeconomic status population indicates a potential focus for intervention.

TL;DR: This study showed a significant independent and combined association of BMI and physical activity with blood pressure in youth, and interventions need to focus on the reduction of fatness/BMI as a way to reduce the cardiovascular risk in youth.

TL;DR: Accurate knowledge of the PA and nutrition recommendations are very low and given that the majority of participants were categorized as overweight or obese, teaching these guidelines needs to be the priority.

TL;DR: The social marketing approach utilised in Project FIT contributed to increasing awareness and achieving behavioural goals of healthful eating and physical activity.