Downward trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight in the setting of 12-year school- and community-based programmes
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- 1 October 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Public Health Nutrition
- Vol. 12 (10) , 1735-1742
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980008004278
Abstract
Objective A school-based nutrition information programme was initiated in 1992 in two towns in northern France (Fleurbaix and Laventie, FL) and was followed by a number of community-based interventions. We took the opportunity to measure the outcomes in terms of childhood obesity and overweight over the next 12 years.Keywords
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