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Addressing childhood obesity in low-income, ethnically diverse families: outcomes and peer effects of MEND 7-13 when delivered at scale in US communities
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OBJECTIVES:Implementation of a large-scale, child weight management program in low-income, ethnically diverse communities provided an important opportunity to evaluate its effectiveness under service level conditions (i.e. provision as a primary care child weight management service). METHODS:MEND 7-13 is a community-based, multi-component, childhood obesity intervention designed to improve dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviors. It comprises twice weekly sessions for 10 consecutiv...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1038/s41366-018-0158-2
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- Springer Nature
- Journal:
- International Journal of Obesity More from this journal
- Volume:
- 43
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 91-102
- Publication date:
- 2018-08-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-06-15
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1476-5497
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0307-0565
- Pmid:
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30076372
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English
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- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- © Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature 2018
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