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Treating Childhood Obesity in a Public School Setting
Author(s) -
Ruppenthal Brian,
Gibbs Eugene
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1979.tb07686.x
Subject(s) - attendance , childhood obesity , obesity , medicine , psychology , volunteer , physical therapy , medical education , gerontology , family medicine , overweight , political science , agronomy , law , biology
Experience at an elementary school in Petaluma, CA, demonstrates that daily group exercise as part of a nutrition education program can help obese children attain normal weight‐for‐height. Such an exercise program requires minimal equipment and may be led by a classroom aide or volunteer parent at minimal cost. Dramatic improvement in participants' weight‐for‐height status may occur provided that student interest and attendance is maintained over a period of several months.