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‘Slice of Life’ is a 10-session high school curriculum designed to promote healthy eating and physical activity patterns with adolescents. The program is designed based on a social learning model, suggesting that changes in specific environmental, personality and behavioral attributes are likely to influence changes in eating and physical activity patterns. Peer leaders elected by their classmates are trained to teach ˜50% of the program. A pilot test was conducted in a north central suburban high school in the fall of 1984 and repeated in the winter of 1985. The females who participated in the program reported a significant improvement in knowledge and awareness regarding their diet as well as in their actual eating habits. They also reported increased intensity when exercising, and improved knowledge and positive intentions to engage in more heart-healthy exercise. Males gained nutrition knowledge and appeared to modify their salt use. This paper presents the components of ‘Slice of Life’ and the results from the pilot test. Implications for large-scale dissemination are discussed.
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