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Office on Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Purpose
• To provide parents/caregivers with tools & strategies to improve family eating and activity habits
• To support adolescent girls in reaching and maintaining a healthy weight
• To prevent obesity among adolescent girls
Primary audience• Parents and caregivers of
adolescent girls
Secondary audiences• Adolescent girls
• Other family members
Main Messages
Healthy girls become strong women
Main Messages
Parents are an important influence on their children’s eating and activity habits
Main Messages
Change takes time — begin by taking a few small steps
Formative Research• Literature review• Steering committee of researchers, providers,
government officials, including:- Kelly Brownell, Ph.D., Yale University- Tom Robinson, MD, Stanford University - Kelly Moore, MD, Indian Health Service
• 16 focus groups with:- Girls ages 11 to 13 (8)- Middle-school nurses (2)- Parents of middle school-aged girls (6)
• Telephone interviews with health care providers (9)
Formative Research Findings
Major obstacles: • Poor eating habits, sedentary behavior • Girls need concrete steps, behavioral cues to
change• Parents can play a major role
- Girls want parents to spend more time with them- Girls need role models for healthy eating and
physical activity- Parents need tools to help organize and plan meals
and physical activity- Parents lack time and resources- Parents need basic nutrition information
Pretesting
• Focus groups w/ parents (3)
Results
• Modified some kit components• Added more information on diabetes • Simplified language• Revised design to include more
photographs
Program Components1. BodyBasics (Parent’s Guide)
2. Food and fitness journals
3. Weekly planner (refrigerator
magnet)
4. 4Teens Magazine
5. Recipe book
6. Shopping list
7. DVD on shopping & cooking
8. Pedometers
9. Training Manual (10 sessions)
10.Train-the-Trainer’s Guide
Behavior Change Tips:
• List specific goals regarding change• Create a plan with realistic steps• Start taking small steps that fit your lifestyle• Monitor your progress (using food and fitness journal)• Give yourself a realistic timeframe—months, not days
or weeks—to maintain change• Use the tools and group meetings to reinforce healthy
behaviors
BodyBasicsFormat: • Magazine style
publication for visual appeal
Purpose: • Provides health
information, strategies for healthy eating and regular physical activity
• Explains how to use the toolkit
• Lists resources for families
Approach:
7 Simple Steps to Healthy Living
1. Decide to live a healthy lifestyle
2. See where you are now
3. Understand healthy eating
4. Recognize the benefits of physical activity
5. Set goals and plan
6. Shop, cook, eat together
7. Support a healthier lifestyle for your family
Content highlights:
• Emotional eating
• Unhealthy dieting
• Smoking and weight control
Content highlights:
• Obesity and type 2 diabetes
• Obesity and asthma
• Obesity and cardiovascular disease
• Obesity and eating disorders
Content highlights:
• Serving sizes
• Tips for healthy meals and snacks
• Supersized food portions
• Fast food and soda
Content highlights:
• TV watching
• Physical activity benefits and ideas
• Shopping and cooking tips
Content highlights:• Environmental checklist
• Advocacy in schools and communities
• Media influences
• Community and school
Gardens
Food and Fitness Journals
• Family members to record meals, snacks, activities, and emotions to identify eating and activity habits
• Checklist in BodyBasics helps parents review journal entries
• Goal-setting chart in diaries
Weekly Planner
Format: • Refrigerator magnet
write-on/wipe-off board with pen
Purpose: • To help parents/
caregivers plan meals, snacks, physical activities
Shopping List
Format: • Pad with checklists
Purpose: • To help parents/
caregivers plan shopping trips and choose healthier options
Recipe Book
Purpose:• To provide
families with easy, low-cost recipes for meals and snacks
• To reinforce nutrition and cooking information featured in BodyBasics
BodyWorks 4Teens• Magazine-style publication for
girls (9 to 14)
Publication content
• Self-assessments, quizzes, games, interviews
• Goal-setting tools
• Teen writers/illustrators
Formative research
• Literature review
• Health behavior change theory
• Focus groups
Video/DVD
Format:
• 20-minute video on menu planning, shopping, cooking, and eating and exercising together
Purpose:
• Provides practical demonstrations of menu planning, shopping for healthy foods, cooking, and family meals
Pedometers
Purpose: • To encourage families
to walk as an easy form of daily physical activity
• To support individual in gradually increasing number of steps taken each day
• Two pedometers provided per kit
Train-the-Trainers Guide • 6-hour session• Appendices
- A. Training Tips- B. Behavior Change- C. Resources
Training Manual • Lesson Plans for 10 sessions• Dietary Guidelines, 2005• Consumer brochure• PowerPoint Presentation on
BodyWorks• CD with templates for
recruiting materials• Instructions for ordering
toolkits
• OWH Regional Offices contacted for training-the-trainers session
• OWH (DC) trainers provide training to regional community-based organizations (CBOs), Centers of Excellence (COEs), Community Clinics of Excellence (CCOEs), and State Health Departments
• Trained professionals will:
- Order toolkits
- Recruit parents/caregivers
- Disseminate kits at kickoff meeting
- Conduct 9 follow-up weekly meetings with parents/caregivers
- Train others to be trainers
Community-Based Approach to Distribution
Office of Women’s Health
10 OWH Regional Offices
CBOs, COEs, CCOEs and State Health Departments
Parents/Caregivers
Girls Family