Relationship between movement and acceleration were

relationship between movement and acceleration were strong, therefore concluding Actiheart
was technically reliable and valid (Adab et al., 2015). An instrument with strong reliability
demonstrates consistency in the participant scores obtained, resulting in less measurement error
(Gray et al., 2017).
Intervention
Using the Medical Research Council framework for complex intervention will be used.
Interventions will include healthy diet and physical activity over the course of three months. In
school activities, will be increased by involving students in local interactive programs. Parents
and students will be offered education tools on preparing healthy meals and at home workout
activities.

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Data Collection
One method of d ata collection would be in a form of a questionnaire. Before data is collected,
informed consent from the parent and assent for the participant will be obtained. Assent is the
agreement of the child to participate in the research (Gray et al., 2017). Questionnaires will be
available at the school or mailed to the participating parents for completion. The students date
of birth, gender, ethnicity and residence would be obtained from the parents via the
questionnaire. The questionnaires will be conducted by trained staff. It will assess the child’s
and parent’s demographics, dietary, sedentary, physical and sleep habits, home environment,
proximity to fast food restaurants, family cooking habits and extracurricular activities.
Methodology
Data Analysis
In data analysis, the researcher may ask additional questions in the interview to confirm
or disconfirm an initial interpretation of the data (Gray, Grove, & Sutherland, 2017). It is
important for the researcher’s interpretation of the participants actions to be understood by the
readers and consumers. Data analysis may collect qualitative and quantitative information.
Initially, an informed consent will be obtained from the guardian. Obtaining an informed
consent to conduct a research, is essential in the United States (Gray et al., 2017). Secondly and
most importantly, an assent must be signed by the minor. An assent means the underaged
participant agrees to the research (Gray et al., 2017). Once all parties are in an agreement a
questionnaire will be completed by the participants. The participants will be selected through
convenience sampling. Parents will be asked to confirm the child’s and parent’s demographics,
dietary, sedentary, physical and sleep habits, home environment, proximity to fast food

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restaurants, family cooking habits and extracurricular activities. Gender, date of birth, weight
and race will be variables assessed in the questionnaire. Trained staff will collect weight and
body mass index (BMI) as a guide.
The t test will compare the BMI of an experimental diet to a controlled diet. The
researcher may note the BMI of the participant on the experimental diet had a decrease of 5
pounds compared to the controlled group decrease of only 3 pounds. Researchers typically