Girls Rule Overview Alice Ammerman DrPH, RD Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition Schools.

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Girls Rule Overview Alice Ammerman DrPH, RD Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition Schools of Public Heath and Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 Understand factors influencing obesity among pre-adolescent African-American girls ages 6 through 9.  Assess the acceptability and feasibility of a church and home-based diet and physical activity intervention and maintenance program. Girls Rule!: Church and Home-Based Obesity Prevention Pilot

Girls Sessions

Girls Rule Dance We stand for strength and unity We work together in harmony So just sit back and watch us groove We are the children of Girls Rule! Girls Rule, break it down...

Acting out commercials

Weekly Challenge: Vegetable Poetry

Caregiver only and Combined Sessions

Girls on the move….

“We have a health board up and we’re involved in talking about health issues and eating right and exercising, and a friend of mine, I want to share, told me the other night that she had lost 13 pounds… and I’m sure that Girls Rule! had something to do with that, the information that we took back.” Influence on the church membership…..

Conclusions Girls Rule! intervention rated highly by girls, caregivers and church leaders Changes in some lifestyle and attitudinal measures show trends in a positive direction More work needed on PA and TV watching Using African American churches and individual homes as the setting for the program was feasible and welcomed by the participants Involving primary female caregivers important Many challenges related to sustainability

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