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SUBMITTER: Lynch WC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3404898 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lynch Wesley C WC Martz Jill J Eldridge Galen G Bailey Sandra J SJ Benke Carrie C Paul Lynn L
BMC public health 20120402
<h4>Background</h4>Childhood obesity in rural communities is a serious but understudied problem. The current experiment aims to assess a wide range of obesity risk factors among rural youth and to offer an 8-month intervention program for parents to reduce obesity risk in their preteen child.<h4>Methods/design</h4>A two-group, repeated measures design is used to assess the effectiveness of the 4-Health intervention program. Assessments include anthropometric measures, child self-evaluations, par ...[more]