Treating Childhood Obesity in a Public School Setting
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of School Health
- Vol. 49 (10) , 569-571
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1979.tb07686.x
Abstract
Experience at an elementary school in Petaluma, CA, demonstrates that daily group exercise as part of a nutrition education program can help obese children attain normal weight-for-height. Such an exercise program requires minimal equipment and may be led by a classroom aide or volunteer parent at minimal cost. Dramatic improvement in participants' weight-for-height status may occur provided that student interest and attendance is maintained over a period of several months.Keywords
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