Mentorship program successfully fights childhood obesity, study finds

A program pairing healthy young adults with urban middle schoolers helped the adolescents adopt healthy habits, active lifestyles and a healthy weight, according to researchers. The study found that linking African American, inner city adolescents with college students as mentors prevented the schoolchildren from becoming overweight. The adolescents ate fewer snacks and desserts and engaged in more active play. Their rate of overweight/obesity declined five percent.

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