Child and Adolescent Obesity
Fun Five Program Expansion and Evaluation:(Nigg)
2002-2008 This project aims to motivate children to become more active using the SPARK intervention in elementary after school programs in Hawaii. Nigg, C., Geller, K., Adams, P., Hamada, M., Hwang, P. & Chung, R. (2012). Successful Dissemination of Fun 5 – A Physical Activity and Nutrition Program for Children. Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy and Research, 2, 276-285. Sandoval Iversen, C. S., Nigg, C. R. & Titchenal, T. A. (2011). The Impact of an Elementary After-School Nutrition and Physical Activity Program on Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Physical Activity, and Body Mass Index: Fun 5. Hawai‘i Medical Journal, 70 (suppl), 37-41. Battista, J, Nigg, C. R., Chang, J. A., Yamashita, M. & Chung, R. (2005). Elementary After School Programs: An Opportunity to Promote Physical Activity for Children. Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 3(4), 108-118. Fun Five Evaluation:Office of Hawaiian Affairs to Kahoomiki
(PI Zeug, role PI of evaluation Nigg) July 1st, 2012-Jun. 30th, 2013 To evaluate Fun 5 - a Physical Activity and Nutrition Program for elementary afterschool programs across Hawai‘i. |
HICORE/Hawaii 5210 Let's Go! Initiative:(PI, Okihiro, role evaluator)
Sept 15th, 2012–Sept. 14th, 2013 To evaluate portions of the 5210 initiative targeted to breakfast for children. Teachers on the Move:(PI Buenconsejo-Lum, role Co-I)
2002-2003 Hawaii State Department of Health |
Children's Healthy Living Program:(Novotny, role Co-I)
Feb. 15th, 2008-Feb. 14th, 2011 This project disseminates the DASH diet to children in Pacific Islands and adds a physical activity component. Novotny, R., Nigg, C. R., Li, F., & Wilkens, L. (2015). DASH for Health (PacDASH) randomized controlled trial with DASH eating plan plus physical activity improves fruit and vegetable intake and diastolic blood pressure in children. Childhood Obesity, 11, 177-186. Novotny, R., Nigg, C., McGlone, K., Renda, G., Jung, N., Matsunaga, M., & Karanja, N. (2013). PacificTracker2 - Expert System (PacTrac2-ES) Behavioral Assessment & Intervention Tool for the Pacific Kids DASH for Health (PacDASH) study. Food Chemistry, 140, 471-477. |