Providing Healthy Food Access and Physical Activity Opportunities at Boy Scouts of America Summer Camp

Penn State Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Focus Group with Participants

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03325530

STUDY00005462

Details and patient eligibility

About

To measure impact of improved healthy food access and physical activity opportunities at summer Boy Scout camp, a four-week intervention to address nutrition and physical activity with youth (n=911) and adults (n=247) was conducted at Bashore Scout Reservation in Jonestown, Pennsylvania between June and July of 2016. Intervention components included dining hall menu modifications, healthy messaging, introduction of nutritious snacks available for purchase, and a physical activity challenge.

Menu modifications resulted in improved satisfaction scores related to portion sizes (+28%) and variety (+14%), decreased plate waste, and consistent food costs. Introduction of nutritious snacks at Trading Post resulted in increased satisfaction (+13%) and increased sales per person (+20%). Physical activity increased (+22%) as a result of a step competition between troops. Small changes towards a healthier camp were widely accepted and successful, indicating potential for translation to other camps within the organization.

Enrollment: 1,158 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age: ≥18 years
2. Sex: Male or female
3. Fluent in written and spoken English
4. Boy Scout staff, troop leader or parent of Boy Scout camper

Exclusion criteria

1. Not Fluent in written and spoken English
2. Non Boy Scout stafftroop leader or not a parent of a Boy Scout camper
3. Decisional impairment

Trial design

1,158 participants in 1 patient group

Focus Group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Focus Group with Participants