Abstract
The WAVE~Ripples for Change: Obesity Prevention in Active Youth (WAVE) project’s primary objective is to prevent unhealthy weight gain among high school athletes through healthy eating and reduced sedentary time. Educators are familiar with the myriad of challenges in presenting nutrition, diet, and physical activity information to high school students. WAVE uses adolescent athletes’ interest in sport to draw them into the topic of sport nutrition and healthy eating; helping them apply the knowledge and skills they learned in class, on the field, and in their lives. WAVE developed and field-tested an after-school program for high school athletes that includes 7 sport nutrition lessons (30 to 45 minutes each) and 3 team-building, family and consumer sciences life-skill workshops. WAVE also developed a cloud-based data management system to support the tracking of learner profiles, survey administration, big data visualization, and automated health report generation.
Highlights
WAVE capitalized on this interest and passion for sport by developing a program to encourage lifelong healthy eating and physical activity (PA), prevent unwanted weight gain as they transition to adulthood
In the WAVE intervention, the curriculum was delivered over a 2-year period (2015-17) to teams of multiethnic soccer players (n = 488, ages 14-19) attending high school in Oregon and their coaches by a registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) trained in sport nutrition and experienced in collegiate or professional soccer
We found that coaches are reluctant to take practice time away for sport nutrition lessons; we needed short, focused, and student-engaged lessons
Summary
In the WAVE intervention, the curriculum was delivered over a 2-year period (2015-17) to teams of multiethnic soccer players (n = 488, ages 14-19) attending high school in Oregon and their coaches by a RDN trained in sport nutrition and experienced in collegiate or professional soccer. Educators Knowledgeable nutrition or health professionals trained in sport nutrition can deliver the curriculum to active youth. Lesson 2: Pre- To provide athletes with the knowledge necessary to understand the purpose of Exercise proper fueling prior to exercise, and give them the tools and skills necessary to Fueling implement a pre-exercise fueling plan to achieve the following: delay onset of fatigue and dehydration by "topping off" fueling and hydration levels in the body, improve and maintain training and performance, and avoid GI (gastrointestinal) discomfort. Raise awareness that cooking and eating food from while Eating home can be the most affordable and 'healthy' option
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