Grand Canyon Trekkers: School-Based Lunchtime Walking Program

Alisa Hawthorne; Gabriel Shaibi; Bonnie Gance-Cleveland; Sarah McFall

doi:10.1177/1059840510391669

Grand Canyon Trekkers: School-Based Lunchtime Walking Program

Alisa Hawthorne, Gabriel Shaibi, Bonnie Gance-Cleveland, Sarah McFall

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The incidence of childhood overweight is especially troubling among low income Latino youth. Grand Canyon Trekkers (GCT) was implemented as a quasi-experimental study in 10 Title 1 elementary schools with a large Latino population to examine the effects of a 16-week structured walking program on components of health-related physical fitness: Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference, and cardio-respiratory. Data on 1,074 research participants revealed no significance changes in BMI or waist circumference (p >. 05); however, cardio-respiratory fitness increased by 37.1% over baseline. Cardiovascular fitness is an independent determinant of long-term health; therefore, the GCT program may have significantly improved the future health profile of the participants and decreased their risk of metabolic diseases.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	43-50
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of School Nursing
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840510391669
State	Published - Feb 2011

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elementary
exercise
health/wellness
obesity

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