A Community-Based Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese and Their Caregivers

Table 1

Description of the SCFFF program.

Audience	Nutrition segment	Physical activity segment
Child	Nutrition (30 minutes); (1) Games focusing on Food Guide Pyramid/Choose MyPlate food groups and serving sizes (topic of the week); (2) Food tasting games; (3) Importance of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; (4) Awareness of foods high in added sugar, sodium, and fats; (5) Snacks versus treats; (6) Meals, fast foods, and beverages; (7) Weekly Nutrition Challenge: making recipe with caregivers or arts and crafts related to topic of the week	Physical Activity (30 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity); (1) Description and demonstration of target activity; (2) Weekly activity (rope jumping, ball playing, team games, yoga, hand-eye coordination) engages children fully (e.g., breathing quickens or sweating) for the entire 30 minutes with appropriate verbal cues to keep them on task or maintain pace; (3) Weekly activity challenge
Caregivers	Nutrition (30 minutes); (1) Review the previous week’s Nutrition Challenge and recipe tasting; (2) Food Guide Pyramid/Choose MyPlate food groups and serving sizes; (3) Foods high in added sugar, fats, and sodium; (4) Snacks versus treats; (5) Meals, fast foods, and beverages; (6) Changing eating behaviors as a family; (7) Importance of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; (8) Challenges in changing a child’s eating behavior; (9) Caregivers as role models for healthful eating; (10) Weekly Nutrition Challenge recipe	Physical Activity (30 minutes); (1) Review the previous week’s physical activity challenge, address barriers, and suggest resolutions for being physically active; (2) Types of physical activities and activity intensity levels; (3) Importance of physical activity for health; (4) Increasing physical activity in daily life using available neighborhood resources (e.g., bike paths); (5) Parents as role models for active living; (6) Child’s weekly physical activity challenge
Child and caregiver	—	Interactive physical activity (15 minutes); (1) Child teaches caregiver how to do activity; (2) Joint activity based on targeted physical activity

Note. SCFFF = South County Food, Fitness and Fun.