Feasibility and outcomes of an out-of-school and home-based obesity prevention pilot study for rural children on an American Indian reservation

Feasibility and outcomes of an out-of-school and home-based obesity prevention pilot study for rural children on an American Indian reservation

Abstract Background Children living in rural areas are at higher risk for obesity compared to urban children, and Native American (NA) children have the highest prevalence of overweight/obesity for all races combined. Out-of-school programs (OOSPs) are a promising setting to improve children’s healt...

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Main Authors: Blakely Brown, Kari Jo Harris, Daniel Heil, Michael Tryon, Aric Cooksley, Erin Semmens, James Davis, Krupa Gandhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Subjects:
Child health behavior
Rural
Native American
Obesity prevention
Parents
Out-of-school settings
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-018-0322-4

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