Mad og fysisk aktivitet i børnehaver, skoler og fritidshjem/skolefritidsordninger.

The objective of this study is to describe and evaluate food schemes and physical activity in kindergartens, schools and after-school centres/school-based leisure-time facilities in the period 1999-2004. Furthermore the objective is also to examine the connection between food policy and the selection of food and drink offered, as well as the connection between the formulated policy for physical activity and the practice at the institutions. 

The study shows that the percentage of schools and school-based leisure-time facilities with a formulated food policy increased significantly in the period 1999-2004. A formulated food policy seems to entail a healthier selection of food and drink in kindergartens and schools and, to a lesser degree, also in school-based leisure-time facilities. Furthermore the study shows that the selection of healthy food and drink offered in general increased in the period 1999-2004, while the selection of less healthy food and drink fell in schools and school-based leisure-time facilities. In 2004, more than twice as many kindergartens and school-based leisure-time facilities than schools had a written policy for physical activity. The study did not show a clear connection between having a written policy for physical activity and the actual level of physical activity at the institution. The study concludes that schemes that include food and physical activity in kindergartens, schools and after-school centres/school-based leisure-time facilities improved in the period from 1999 to 2004.

The data basis consists of questionnaires sent to 683 Danish kindergartens, with a response rate of 74%.

Lissau, I; Hesse, U; Juhl, M; Davidsen, M . (2006). Mad og fysisk aktivitet i børnehaver, skoler og fritidshjem/skolefritidsordninger. København: Statens Institut for Folkesundhed.