Physical fitness of school age children post-implementation of an educational intervention to prevent childhood obesity in Morelos, Mexico

• Main Authors: Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez (Author), Jessica E Moreno-Saracho (Author), Jesús David Cortés (Author), Santiago Andrés Henao-Moran (Author), Juan A Rivera (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To compare the physical fitness of children from eight elementary schools in Morelos, México after the imple­mentation of an intervention to prevent childhood obesity. Materials and methods. 214 children were randomly selected (111 - intervention community and 103 - control community). P...