A Prospective Study Measuring the Effect of an Interactive Educational Program on Overweight and Obesity among School-Aged Children

Being overweight or obese is a public health problem. This work evaluated a food and nutrition education (FNE) intervention to reduce overweight status among schoolchildren in four schools in the West Panama Province. This was a quasi-experimental before-and-after study that implemented a 34-week FN...

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Main Authors: Israel Ríos-Castillo, Lisbeth Escala, Ledys Urriola, Mónica McKinnon, Stephen R. Kodish, Carlos Rojas-Roque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Dietetics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2674-0311/2/2/13