School Intervention Program to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Among Male Adolescent Students in King Faisal Residential City, Jeddah, Western Region, 2014-15

"The intervention was suggested based on the recommendations for adolescents' healthy diet and physical activity, it was derived from the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans and Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 by the U.S. HHS, Physical activity guidelines for children and adolescents by CPS 2012. The Food Guide Pyramid by the USDA, Nutrition \&Healthy Eating by Mayo clinic \& CDC website. The program was modified according to the age of the child. This plan was typically pursued in a School-based Intervention to Promote Healthy Lifestyles in Sousse, Tunisia, by Harrabi et al. The 1st month covered the healthy diet \& the 2nd month covered the physical activity as follow:~* 1st \& 5th week: A 60-minutesession in health education.~* 2nd \& 6th week: Group counselling.~* 3rd \& 7th week: Students were divided into 8 groups \& each group was asked to make presentation about a task related to the topic.~* 4th \& 8th week: Discussing the presentation."