Immigrant families' perceptions on walking to school and school breakfast: a focus group study
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Vol. 4 (1) , 64
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-4-64
Abstract
Immigrant children face an increased risk of being overweight. Little is known about how immigrant families perceive school programs that may help prevent obesity, such as walking to school and school breakfast.Keywords
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