The document outlines a plan to reduce obesity among families in Pasadena, Texas through in-school activities like a school garden and PE classes, after-school sports programs, social events for parents with nutritional education, and at-home activities like monthly weight recording and exercising as a family. The plan aims to increase nutrition awareness, access to healthy foods, physical activity levels, and self-efficacy over nutrition through these multi-level interventions to ultimately decrease obesity prevalence long-term.
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Provided is a logic model for public health regarding obesity in Texas.
The document outlines a plan to reduce obesity among families in Pasadena, Texas through in-school activities like a school garden and PE classes, after-school sports programs, social events for parents with nutritional education, and at-home activities like monthly weight recording and exercising as a family. The plan aims to increase nutrition awareness, access to healthy foods, physical activity levels, and self-efficacy over nutrition through these multi-level interventions to ultimately decrease obesity prevalence long-term.
The document outlines a plan to reduce obesity among families in Pasadena, Texas through in-school activities like a school garden and PE classes, after-school sports programs, social events for parents with nutritional education, and at-home activities like monthly weight recording and exercising as a family. The plan aims to increase nutrition awareness, access to healthy foods, physical activity levels, and self-efficacy over nutrition through these multi-level interventions to ultimately decrease obesity prevalence long-term.
Reducing the Prevalence of Obesity Among Family Units in Pasadena, Texas
INPUTS ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS IMMEDIATE INTER- LONG TERM
OUTCOMES MEDIATE OUTCOME Elementary aged In-School Activities School Garden Number of families OUTCOMES students and their Increased obesity families involved Education Materials risk awareness BMI measurements Number of P.E. Class Activities educational Improved self- Increased Staff providing materials distributed efficacy for Sports Programs availability of fresh nutritional demos nutritional support Number of children vegetables from and assistance Curriculum/ After-School in sports programs gardens Decreased Education Materials Activities obesity Social mixers for Number of outreach Improved attitudes Increased prevalence in Community parents with events consumption of nutritional education towards physical families in partnerships activities healthy foods Pasadena, Number of families Local Farmers Healthy/Exercise at events Texas oriented events for Increased time Increased physical Markets families Average BMI spent exercising activity Trainers/ coaches for physical activities/ At Home Activities Number of hours Increased Monthly weight exercised for family Improved classes participation at recording units nutritional patterns events Materials for gardens (seeds, upkeep) Exercise as a family Number of healthy Increased food meals cooked at Healthy meals at home purchasing home awareness