School-based interventions for obesity
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Thanks to the Let's Move initiative, society is becoming more aware of alarming statistics like one in four children are obese and childhood obesity has nearly doubled over the past two decades. With this platform, nutrition education and physical activity in the classroom have taken the forefront against this growing epidemic. A new study explores 26 school-based nutrition interventions in the United States.