Planet Munch Healthy Lifestyle Programme – tackling childhood obesity through creative education

Overview

The article highlights how creative methods are used to deliver a community-based lifestyle programme in children centres where levels of obesity is higher than the national average. The programme was targeted at children under 5 years old and their families.

It identifies barriers families may experience in engaging with the programme, and touches upon how the intervention was implemented using the SMART behaviour change model. Additionally, it offers an insight into the impact the programme had on the families who participated.

Links provided by the article includes: Weight management: lifestyle services for overweight or obese children and young people & Obesity in children and young people: prevention and lifestyle weight management programmes.

Organisation

Trim Tots CIC

Published

2019