Gardening as a means to promote health, social relationships and good nutrition in New Zealand young people
Van Lier, Laila (2015)
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Van Lier, Laila
2015
Master's Degree Programme in Health Sciences
Terveystieteiden yksikkö - School of Health Sciences
Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2015-10-09
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201702201183
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201702201183
Kuvaus
Tutkielmaan liittyvä artikkeli / Article related to the thesis: Home Gardening and the Health and Well-Being of Adolescents. Health Promotion Practice January 2017 Vol. 18, No. (1) 34–43 DOI: 10.1177/1524839916673606
Tiivistelmä
Objective: To explore the associations between gardening and dietary behaviours, physical activity, mental health and social relationships among students in New Zealand.
Design: A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey; Youth2012.
Setting: Secondary schools in New Zealand.
Subjects: 8500 secondary school students from 91 randomly selected schools completed a health and wellbeing survey.
Results: Two thirds of students had a vegetable garden at home and one quarter of all students participated in gardening. Students participating in gardening were most likely to be male, of a Pacific ethnicity, of younger age, and living in a rural area. Gardening was positively associated with healthy dietary habits among students. No associations between gardening activity and fast food availability, and significant but weak associations between gardening and fast food consumption and BMI were observed. Gardening was positively associated with physical activity among students. Gardening is significantly associated with improved mental health and wellbeing. Students who participate in gardening reported slightly lower levels of depressive symptoms, enhanced emotional wellbeing and experience higher family connection than students who do not participate in gardening.
Conclusions: Gardening can make a difference for health and nutrition behaviours and therefore can contribute to adolescents’ health and wellbeing in a positive manner. Health promoters should be encouraged to include gardening in future lifestyle interventions to achieve behavioural change. Further research is needed in order to develop solid and comprehensive health promotion interventions with the aim to reduce obesity in young people.
Design: A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey; Youth2012.
Setting: Secondary schools in New Zealand.
Subjects: 8500 secondary school students from 91 randomly selected schools completed a health and wellbeing survey.
Results: Two thirds of students had a vegetable garden at home and one quarter of all students participated in gardening. Students participating in gardening were most likely to be male, of a Pacific ethnicity, of younger age, and living in a rural area. Gardening was positively associated with healthy dietary habits among students. No associations between gardening activity and fast food availability, and significant but weak associations between gardening and fast food consumption and BMI were observed. Gardening was positively associated with physical activity among students. Gardening is significantly associated with improved mental health and wellbeing. Students who participate in gardening reported slightly lower levels of depressive symptoms, enhanced emotional wellbeing and experience higher family connection than students who do not participate in gardening.
Conclusions: Gardening can make a difference for health and nutrition behaviours and therefore can contribute to adolescents’ health and wellbeing in a positive manner. Health promoters should be encouraged to include gardening in future lifestyle interventions to achieve behavioural change. Further research is needed in order to develop solid and comprehensive health promotion interventions with the aim to reduce obesity in young people.