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Snacktivityâ„¢ to promote physical activity: a qualitative study

Participants liked the concept of Snacktivityâ„¢ and viewed it as a motivating approach. Guidance about physical activity must lead to advice that has the best chance of preserving and promoting health and Snacktivityâ„¢ has potential to do achieve this.

Thirty-one inactive adults implemented the Snacktivity™ approach into their lives for five days then participated in semi- structured interviews about their experiences.

Snacktivity™ seeks to offer the public the opportunity to engage in range of activities, or to ‘pick and mix’ activity snacks, with a view to making physical activity more appealing, varied, sustainable and enjoyable to the population, regardless of ability, age, physical status, socio-economic background, and environmental context.

What next?

This study has offered some new insights about the Snacktivity™ approach to promoting physical activity, and these findings now need to be translated into testing real world interventions that can prompt the integration of Snacktivity™ into the daily lives of the population.

Citation details

Tyldesley-Marshall N, Greenfield SM, Parretti HM, Gokal K, Greaves C, Jolly K, Maddison R, Daley AJ; Snacktivity™ Study Team. Snacktivity™ to promote physical activity: a qualitative study. Int J Behav Med. 2022. DOI:

Acknowledgements

This project was funded as part of the National Institute for Health ҹɫֱ²¥app (NIHR) under its Program Grants for Applied ҹɫֱ²¥app (RP-PG-0618-20008). This research was supported by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical ҹɫֱ²¥app Centre.

Our researchers

Amanda Daley

Professor Amanda Daley

Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Centre Director

Kajal Gokal

Dr Kajal Gokal

Senior ҹɫֱ²¥app Associate, Snacktivity