School-based Program Helps Prevent Obesity
April 07, 2008
April 07, 2008
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., April 7 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release:
As children spend half their waking hours in school, the school setting can be an ideal forum to educate students about healthy food choices. A study in the journal Pediatrics found a nutrition program that originates in the community can be effective in preventing overweight. The study, "A Policy-Based School Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity," followed . . .
As children spend half their waking hours in school, the school setting can be an ideal forum to educate students about healthy food choices. A study in the journal Pediatrics found a nutrition program that originates in the community can be effective in preventing overweight. The study, "A Policy-Based School Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity," followed . . .