Nutrition and health education was incorporated into an existing 30-minute adult Martial Arts Karate class. Participants received an initial briefing about the class goals. Over the next eight weeks, participants received education and materials about blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity, heart-healthy eating, and the importance of physical activity. In addition, the participants had their blood pressures and heart rates checked by experts in the Fitness Division.
Program Information
Name of program
Martial Arts
Program start and end date
2/13/2003 to 4/15/2003
Number of times program met per week
2
Number of participants (total)
34
Number of male participants
16
Number of female participants
18
Target group
Adult
Program focus
Physical Activity
Heart-Healthy Eating
Blood Pressure
Cholesterol
Location of activities
Classes
Fitness center
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Senior center
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Other
Materials used
Information Handout
Lesson
Activity
Menus
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Other
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Public Visibility
Internal efforts to promote Hearts N' Parks programs:
Bulletin board or information racks
Presentations(boards, councils, staff)
Employee kickoff
External efforts to promote Hearts N' Parks programs:
Media Coverage:
N/A
Special Event(s):
N/A
Number of presentations: N/A
Other: N/A
Partners
Partners who contributed to adult programs:
Partner Name
Partner Contribution
Fitness Division
Monitored participants' blood pressure and heart rate, and provided fitness pointers.
Performance Measures
Martial Arts Participant scores showed significant improvement in overweight/obesity knowledge and cholesterol knowledge.
Moderate improvement was observed in heart-healthy eating knowledge, overweight/obesity attitude, heart-healthy eating behavior, physical activity level, physical activity attitude, high blood pressure knowledge, and FIT score.
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