Healthy Active Learning

Healthy Active Learning (HAL) is a government wellbeing Initiative. It has been designed to promote and improve healthy eating and physical activity in 800 schools, Kura and early learning services across New Zealand. The student intern will help collect data by visiting primary and intermediate schools (children aged 5-13 years) throughout select regions of New Zealand. The intern will also be required to undertake data analysis and data entry as required. This is a great opportunity to build global relationships in the field and get involved in a nationwide research project. The expected outcomes of this interdisciplinary initiative include the children involved making positive and informed choices surrounding physical activity and nutrition, increasing physical activity of the children, and having the children be actively and positively engaged in learning. These outcomes will be studied via comparative analysis of the data between demographics as well as longitudinal/exploratory analysis. Overall, it is hoped that the data and research generated by the study can inform future health promotion initiatives in children across the world, and can combat childhood sedentary behaviors that contribute to the global spread of chronic disease.

Faculty Supervisor:

Theresa Garvin

Student:

Partner:

Massey University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Education

University:

University of Alberta

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