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Latino youth in Arizona taught mindfulness to combat obesity
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31627
Subject(s) - mindfulness , obesity , intervention (counseling) , childhood obesity , curriculum , gerontology , psychology , medicine , environmental health , medical education , psychiatry , clinical psychology , pedagogy , overweight , endocrinology
Aiming to address the national and global health crisis of childhood obesity and diabetes at the community level, researchers at the University of Arizona have conducted an intervention curriculum for Latino children to reduce toxic stress and prevent chronic disease.