Satisfaction of a pilot study of an education program to promote healthy habits in children and adolescents
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Belando Pedreño, Noelia; Blanco García, Marta Eulalia; López Chamorro, José María; García Martí, CarlosDate
2023-02-25Abstract
Prospective research in the area of Education Sciences and Physical-Sports Education agree on the need to design and implement educational programs that promote emotional competencies (ECs), interpersonal competencies (ICs), an adequate level of healthy physical activity (NAFS) and a good adherence to the Mediterranean diet (ADM). The main objective of the study is to design an intervention program in intra- and interpersonal competencies together with nutritional education and corporality called “MotivACTION”. The sample consisted of 80 primary schoolchildren aged 8 to 14 years (M = 12.70; SD = 2.76) (37 girls and 43 boys) from two schools in the Community of Madrid. An ad-hoc questionnaire was created to assess the participant’s perception of the usefulness of the “MotivACTION” educational experience. The program “MotivACTION: Feed your SuperACTION” is designed and implemented based on the development of a workshop organized through the Universidad Europea de Madrid. As the main prel...
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educational innovation
Mediterranean diet
healthy lifestyles
emotional skills
social skills
schoolchildren