Snacktivity™ to promote physical activity: a qualitative study
Participants liked the concept of Snacktivity™ 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 Snacktivity™ 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: 10.1007/s12529-021-10040-y
Acknowledgements
This project was funded as part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Program Grants for Applied Research (RP-PG-0618-20008). This research was supported by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre.
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