title: Healthy Lifestyle Fitness Camp: A Summer Approach to Prevent Obesity in Low-Income Youth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the effect of participation in a summer camp focused on nutrition and fitness among low-income youth.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2011-2012, overweight and obese youth (n = 126) from Fresno, CA participated in a free 6-week summer program, Healthy Lifestyle Fitness Camp (HLFC), which included 3 h/wk of nutrition education provided by University of California CalFresh and 3 hours of daily physical activity through Fresno Parks and Recreation. The researchers used repeated-measures ANOVA to examine changes in weight, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) between HLFC and the comparison group (n = 29).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant pre-post WHtR reductions were observed in HLFC: 0.64 to 0.61 (P < .001). In addition, WHtR reductions were maintained in HLFC 2 months afterward whereas an increase occurred in the comparison group (P < .007).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding the impact of nutrition- and fitness-themed summer camps during unstructured months of summer is integral to obesity prevention among low-income youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Consumer and Family Studies/Dietetics, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address: glgeorge@sfsu.edu.
authors.forename: Gretchen Lynn
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: Youth, Families, and Communities Statewide Program, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Davis, CA.
authors.forename: Constance
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, David, CA.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002165:Camping; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D000070497:Healthy Lifestyle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011203:Poverty; D015431:Weight Loss
keywords: childhood obesity; low income; nutrition education; physical activity; summer day camp