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SUBMITTER: Coffield E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6706678 | biostudies-other | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Coffield Edward E Nihiser Allison A Carlson Susan S Collins Jessica J Cawley John J Lee Sarah S Economos Christina C
Preventive medicine reports 20190716
Community-based interventions may reduce and prevent childhood obesity by transforming the environments in which children live, learn, and play through a series of interventions implemented throughout the community that encourage healthy behaviors. While empirical support is building for the effectiveness of such interventions, little is known about the economic costs and benefits of community-wide childhood obesity interventions. This study examined whether the benefits of a community-wide, chi ...[more]