GOAL

Guys/Girls Opt for Activities for Life (GOAL) intervention includes and after school GOAL club to incorporate physical activity and health eating, parent-child meetings, and a social networking website for parents to motivate each other.

Guided by Self-Determination Theory and the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model, the novel 16-week Guys/Girls Opt for Activities for Life (GOAL) intervention includes 3 components:

  1. After-school GOAL Club: 26 120-minute events (2 days/week) for boys and girls that incorporate physical activity and healthy eating and cooking;
  2. Three parent-adolescent dyad meetings to empower dyads about physical activity and healthy eating and cooking; and
  3. GOAL social networking website so parents can motivate each other to help their adolescents increase physical activity and diet quality.