Objective: to identify, systematically, the interventions based on environmental determinants to improve the nutritional and physical activity (PA) habits available in Colombia.
Design: a scoping review was performed according to the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
Study selection: All studies about intervention programs for PA and nutritional behaviors in Colombia were included.
Methods: Searches in Medline/Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane, Scielo, and Lilacs, using MeSH, Decs, and Emtree terms were performed up to August 2020. Additionally, a manual search was made in specialized national journals. An internet documentary search of the official websites on policies and programs by departmental, district, and municipal secretariats was also performed.
Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts. Then, the full texts were reviewed to select documents to be included.
Data management: relevant information from selected documents and articles was extracted. A descriptive analysis was considered.
Results: Sixty-seven documents and 70 published articles were found. The programs were identified in 13 initiatives, 7 in the area of PA and 6 with a nutrition focus. They were on physical and social environmental modifications such as the ¿muévete¿ (¿get moving¿) programs in Bogota, Quindio and Cartagena, a modification of ¿ciclovía¿ or bicycle path programs as well as nutrition programs in schools, universities, and companies.
Conclusion: this scoping review identified national programs and policies in Colombia in the area of nutrition and PA from the environmental perspective in different scenarios: from schools to workplaces and communities. The need to implement such programs from public and private institutions is also noted, promoting the practice of PA and healthy eating in every scenario in the national territory. New research to determine the impact of these programs is essential to get a glimpse of the effects of these programs and the implicat |