Table 4.

Intervention components included in the BEACHeS intervention programme (setting: Birmingham UK, 2007).

Intervention component		Aim	Description	Environment addresseda
Increasing children's physical activity through school	Physical activities within the school day	To increase the overall amount of time that children are physically active within the school day	Three elements introduced into schools: 1.‘Wake Up Shake Up’: a short organised daily dance or exercise routine to music 2.Organised playground activities at lunch times through the training of play leaders 3.‘Take 10’: teaching resource which links 10 min physical activity to curricular subjects.	Physical Political
Incentive scheme to encourage physical activity out of school	To increase the amount of time outside of school hours that children spend doing leisure activities with a physical element	Children receive a sticker collection card from school and information on local participating sports and leisure venues. Each time a child attends a venue, they collect a sticker. The child with the most stickers in each school receives a prize.	Economic
Attendance at a course run by a Premier League Football Club	To encourage physical activity and a healthy diet by delivering positive health-related messages through an iconic sporting institution	School classes attend a ‘Villa Vitality’ day. Half the day is spent with Football Club coaches, exercising and learning football skills, and the other half of the day is an interactive learning session on healthy eating and healthy lifestyles.	Physical Political Sociocultural
Increasing skills of families through activity-based learning	Cooking courses for family members	To increase healthy cooking skills and confidence of family members, and influence the family's nutritional intake	Five week courses on healthy cooking are delivered through schools to parents or other family members, some courses include children. Healthy recipes are distributed to support the course content.	Physical Sociocultural
Information on local leisure opportunities and week-end “taster” sessions for families	To equip parents and families with the knowledge and skills to undertake physical activities with their children in their leisure time	Parents are given information on local sporting and leisure venues and events. They are invited through schools to bring their children to different physical activity taster sessions run on Saturdays. Activities range from cricket and football, to archery, climbing and dry-slope skiing. There is no cost for the activities and transport is provided.	Physical Sociocultural (economic)
Training walk leaders to initiate community walking programmes	To increase walking by families and other community members through organised leisure walks lead by a community member	Community volunteers are recruited through schools to become trained walk leaders. Training is provided to equip volunteers to organise and lead walks in their local community.	Physical Sociocultural

^aAs defined by the Analysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity (Swinburn et al., 1999).