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Baranowski, Tom; Cullen, Karen W.; Nicklas, Theresa; Baranowski, Janice – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2002
Reviewed research on school-based obesity prevention programs to identify ways to minimize increasing obesity levels. Seven studies showed change in body mass index and differed from those not finding change in three ways: program implementers were not classroom teachers, intervention targeted middle or high schools, and inactivity reduction was…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Body Composition, Body Weight, Comprehensive School Health Education