Schoolchildren as health promoters: a community strategy for healthy eating and physical activity to reduce nutritional risk
Despite the challenges children face in exercising their agency in traditional interactions, this study suggests that a child-promoter model is more effective than conventional nutrition education and that involving the school community in activities to improve their health yields promising results in reducing nutritional risk.
Authors
- Bullon Camarena
- Samantha Sabo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4509-9182)
- María Isabel Ortega Vélez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3187-905X)
- D. González
- Alma Contreras
- Gloria Portillo
- Adriana Caballero
- Graciela Caire
- José-Antonio Ponce
- Gabriela-Nallely Trejo
- Karla-Alejandra Bon
Institutions
- Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (MX)
- Northern Arizona University (US)
- Universidad Autónoma de Occidente (MX)
- Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (MX)
- Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1735714
- Primary Topic
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00