Food on the Run
An Evidence-Based Practice
Description
Food on the Run (FOR) is a multi-component, high-school based intervention program to promote healthful eating and physical activity among adolescents. The program is organized by California Project LEAN, a program of the Public Health Institute. FOR's primary target audience is multiethnic, underserved high school students. The program focuses on strengthening individual skills and knowledge while also working to influence high school policies and environments to increase access to healthy foods and physical activity options. Food on the Run works with teens, parents, community members and local policy makers to educate them on the importance of healthy eating and physical activity, and engage them in developing supportive policy solutions. FOR trains student advocates to conduct research, set goals, and formulate policy solutions to improve their schools' food and physical activity environments. The goals of FOR are to encourage high school students to advocate for additional health food and physical activity options at school; advance policy and environmental changes that promote healthful eating and physical activity, both at school and in the community; and to motivate students to eat more healthfully and engage in more physical activity.
Goal / Mission
The mission of Food on the Run is to increase healthful eating and physical activity among teens as a way to improve health and reduce the risk of chronic disease.
Results / Accomplishments
Food on the Run currently operates in 28 low-income California high schools. Each year, the student intervention component is evaluated using a pre- and posttest survey. In a recent survey, there was a significant increase in knowledge about and positive attitudes toward physical activity among FOR students (p<0.1). In addition, there was a significant increase in knowledge and positive attitudes toward nutrition (p<0.05), as well as a significant change in healthful eating behavior (p<0.001) among FOR students.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
California Project LEAN
Primary Contact
Public Health Institute
c/o California Project LEAN
1825 Bell Street, Suite 102-A
Sacramento, CA 95825
(925) 708-7027
info@CaliforniaProjectLEAN.org
http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/
c/o California Project LEAN
1825 Bell Street, Suite 102-A
Sacramento, CA 95825
(925) 708-7027
info@CaliforniaProjectLEAN.org
http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/
Topics
Health / Physical Activity
Organization(s)
California Project LEAN
Source
Public Health Institute; California Department of Public Health
Date of publication
2002
Location
California
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Target Audience
Teens