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A Meta-Analytic Review of Obesity Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents: The Skinny on Interventions that Work
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Stice, Eric; Shaw, Heather; Marti, C. Nathan – Psychological Bulletin, 2006
This meta-analytic review summarizes obesity prevention programs and their effects and investigates participant, intervention, delivery, and design features associated with larger effects. A literature search identified 64 prevention programs seeking to produce weight gain prevention effects, of which 21% produced significant prevention effects…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Obesity, Prevention, Children