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Providing Healthy Food Access and Physical Activity Opportunities at Boy Scouts of America Summer Camp

NCT03325530 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1158

Last updated 2017-10-30

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Summary

To measure impact of improved healthy food access and physical activity opportunities at summer Boy Scout camp, a four-week intervention to address nutrition and physical activity with youth (n=911) and adults (n=247) was conducted at Bashore Scout Reservation in Jonestown, Pennsylvania between June and July of 2016. Intervention components included dining hall menu modifications, healthy messaging, introduction of nutritious snacks available for purchase, and a physical activity challenge.

Menu modifications resulted in improved satisfaction scores related to portion sizes (+28%) and variety (+14%), decreased plate waste, and consistent food costs. Introduction of nutritious snacks at Trading Post resulted in increased satisfaction (+13%) and increased sales per person (+20%). Physical activity increased (+22%) as a result of a step competition between troops. Small changes towards a healthier camp were widely accepted and successful, indicating potential for translation to other camps within the organization.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Focus Group with Participants

Focus groups with leaders (18+) to investigate tolerance to healthy initiatives

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boy Scouts of America

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-01
Primary Completion
2016-08-30
Completion
2016-12-30

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