FNPA Screening Tool
The Family and Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) screening tool is a behaviorally based assessment designed to allow parents to evaluate obesogenic environments and practices that may predispose youth to becoming overweight. The tool was developed by a research team in the Physical Activity and Health Promotion Lab at Iowa State University. It has been shown to have good internal consistency and utility for predicting children's risk for becoming overweight. It has been deployed in school-based projects and clinical applications. See the Reference page.
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FNPA User Group (Join Us!)
There are a number of research groups and pediatric obesity clinics using the FNPA so the purpose of this page is to provide a place for sharing resources, information and outcomes related to the FNPA. Our goal is to establish a User Group that can provide access to the latest information on the FNPA and a way to share insights and lessons learned.
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Clinical Integration - Help us promote adoption of FNPA within EPIC
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One of the most promising applications of the FNPA tool is in clinical care - particularly when integrated within standard Well Child Visits (WCV). Dr. Lisa Bailey-Davis has led efforts within Geisinger Health Systems to promote the integration of the FNPA as standard practice within WCVs. We have been working on steps to facilitate the adoption more broadly in other clinical systems. If you are interested in this effort, you can either complete the registration form or email Dr. Bailey-Davis directly. Watch the video to learn more (double click to see it in full screen).
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Accessing and Using the FNPA
The FNPA tool has undergone some revisions over the years based on user feedback and cognitive testing. The wording of some items in the original tool were modified but the tool uses the same 10 constructs with 2 items still capturing each construct.
The tool is copyrighted by Iowa State University but is freely available through the Open Source Initiative. See the link here for terms of the open access license.
Copyright © 2009-2012 Iowa State University, Dr. Gregory Welk and Dr. Michelle Ihmels, Department of Kinesiology. All Rights Reserved. With support from the USDA CSREES.
For Information Contact: Department of Kinesiology, 235 Forker Building, Ames, Iowa 50011, Phone:515-294-8009
The updated version of the tool can be found below but you are encouraged to also visit the other versions found on the Using the FNPA page.
The tool is copyrighted by Iowa State University but is freely available through the Open Source Initiative. See the link here for terms of the open access license.
Copyright © 2009-2012 Iowa State University, Dr. Gregory Welk and Dr. Michelle Ihmels, Department of Kinesiology. All Rights Reserved. With support from the USDA CSREES.
For Information Contact: Department of Kinesiology, 235 Forker Building, Ames, Iowa 50011, Phone:515-294-8009
The updated version of the tool can be found below but you are encouraged to also visit the other versions found on the Using the FNPA page.
| 4-Point FNPA Version - with Scoring Instructions (Peyer et al. 2017) |
| 4-Point FNPA - Spanish |
