Background: Children's participation in after-school physical activity can attenuate the
overweight and obesity rates among rural, low socioeconomic status (SES) children …

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the prevalence, clustering, and correlates of multiple
adolescent health behaviors can inform the design of health promotion interventions …

Rates of overweight children and adolescents have nearly tripled over the past 30 years.
Many barriers exist to healthy eating and physical activity for children and adolescents …

Purpose To conduct a randomized controlled trial of Students for Nutrition and eXercise, a 5-
week middle school-based obesity-prevention intervention combining school-wide …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Reversing decline in physical fitness and increase in excess
body weight in school children are considered major public health challenges. We …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND HealthCorps provides school wellness programming using
curricula to promote changes in nutrition, mental health, and physical activity behaviors. The …

Abstract Background Obesity in Canadian children increased three-fold in twenty years.
Children living in low-income neighborhoods exercise less and are more overweight than …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Pathways
intervention on pychosocial variables related to physical activity and diet in American Indian …

Childhood overweight and obesity are major health problems. School-based programs
enable intervening with large groups of children, but program overall health impact is rarely …

Abstract The What's Working project described the initial impact of the United States'
federally mandated Local Wellness Policy in rural, low-income elementary schools located …