Changing school environment curbs weight gain in children

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Fourth-grade students Gloria Albandoz (foreground) and Jaritza Ponce (middle) with help from Nomfundo Msomi of the Food Trust determine which neighborhood stores have the healthiest foods. Nutrition education was found to be a keypart in school-based ...
Fourth-grade students Gloria Albandoz (foreground) and Jaritza Ponce (middle), with help from Nomfundo Msomi of the Food Trust, determine which neighborhood stores have the healthiest foods. Nutrition education was found to be a keypart in school-based interventions to prevent childhood obesity. Credit: Joseph Labolito, Temple University

Small changes in schools lead to big results when it comes to preventing childhood obesity, according to a study published in the April issue of Pediatrics. The school-based intervention, which reduced the incidence of overweight by 50 percent, offers a potential means of preventing childhood weight gain and obesity on a large scale.


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