New study shows effectiveness of MEND program in prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity

Monday, February 1, 2010 - 16:14 in Health & Medicine

Ground-breaking results from a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the MEND Program (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!), a multi-component community-based childhood obesity intervention, are published today in the US journal Obesity. The results coincide with the launch of Michelle Obama's initiative to reduce childhood obesity announced in the State of the Union speech.

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