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- Title
Promotion of healthy eating in clubs with junior teams in Australia: A cross-sectional study of club representatives and parents.
- Authors
Gonzalez, Sharleen; Clinton‐McHarg, Tara; Kingsland, Melanie; Hall, Alix; Lecathelinais, Christophe; Milner, Sharin; Sherker, Shauna; Rogers, Ben; Doran, Christopher; Brooke, Daisy; Wiggers, John; Wolfenden, Luke; Clinton-McHarg, Tara
- Abstract
<bold>Issues Addressed: </bold>To: (i) describe the prevalence of policies and practices promoting healthy eating implemented by sports clubs with junior teams; (ii) examine differences in such practices across geographic and operational characteristics of clubs; and (iii) describe the attitudes of club representatives and parents regarding the acceptability of sports clubs implementing policies and practices to promote healthy eating.<bold>Methods: </bold>Cross-sectional telephone surveys of junior community football club management representatives and parents/carers of junior players were conducted in the states of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia in 2016.<bold>Results: </bold>Seventy-nine of the 89 club representatives approached to participate completed the telephone survey. All clubs (100%; 95% CI 96.2-100.0) reported recommending fruit or water be provided to players after games or at half-time, 24% (95% CI 14.4-33.7) reported promoting healthy food options through prominent positioning at point of sale and only 8% (95% CI 1.6-13.6) of clubs had a written healthy eating policy. There were no significant differences between the mean number of healthy eating policies and practices implemented by club socio-economic or geographic characteristics. Club representatives and parents/carers were supportive of clubs promoting healthy eating for junior players.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>While there is strong support within sporting clubs with junior teams for policies and practices to promote healthy eating, their implementation is highly variable. SO WHAT?: A considerable opportunity remains for health promotion policy and practice improvement in clubs with junior teams, particularly regarding policies related to nutrition.
- Subjects
VICTORIA; NEW South Wales; ATHLETIC clubs; CROSS-sectional method; INGESTION; AVATARS (Virtual reality); SOCIAL surveys; CLUB management
- Publication
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2019, Vol 30, p15
- ISSN
1036-1073
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/hpja.214