2014
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-78
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Abstract: BackgroundOver the past 30 years, obesity in the United States has increased twofold in children and threefold in adolescents. In Georgia, nearly 17% of children aged 10 – 17 are obese. In response to the high prevalence of child obesity in Georgia and the potential deleterious consequences that this can have, HealthMPowers was founded in 1999 with the goal of preventing childhood obesity by improving health-enhancing behaviors in elementary schools, utilizing a holistic three-year program. This study measures… Show more

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“…Nutrition and physical activity lessons were incorporated into the regular classroom curriculum. In fourth and fifth graders who were overweight or obese at the baseline measurement, BMI for age z‐score (see summary table) significantly decreased (p < .0001) . Three studies reported nonsignificant changes or no change in BMI percentiles …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Nutrition and physical activity lessons were incorporated into the regular classroom curriculum. In fourth and fifth graders who were overweight or obese at the baseline measurement, BMI for age z‐score (see summary table) significantly decreased (p < .0001) . Three studies reported nonsignificant changes or no change in BMI percentiles …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Table reports details of studies measuring the effect of nutrition education on BMI grades K‐5. In interventions that took place in schools attended by children in grades K‐5, 4 studies demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in the measured BMI percentile, primarily a decrease in the overweight/obese categories in the participants . Interventions of longer duration had more effect on students' BMI …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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