Community coalition efforts to prevent childhood obesity: two-year results of the Shape Up Under 5 study

• Main Authors: Christina D. Economos (Author), Larissa Calancie (Author), Ariella R. Korn (Author), Steven Allender (Author), Julia M. Appel (Author), Peter Bakun (Author), Erin Hennessy (Author), Peter S. Hovmand (Author), Matt Kasman (Author), Melanie Nichols (Author), Mark C. Pachucki (Author), Boyd A. Swinburn (Author), Alison Tovar (Author), Ross A. Hammond (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cross-sector collaborations and coalitions are promising approaches for childhood obesity prevention, yet there is little empirical evidence about how they affect change. We hypothesized that changes in knowledge of, and engagement with, childhood obesity prevention among coaliti...