Family-focused obesity prevention program implementation in urban versus rural communities: a case study

• Main Authors: Colleen Flattum (Author), Sarah Friend (Author), Melissa Horning (Author), Rebecca Lindberg (Author), Jennifer Beaudette (Author), Jayne A. Fulkerson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Purpose Despite public health efforts to reduce childhood obesity, there remains an unequal distribution of obesity among rural and urban children, with higher rates in rural areas. However, few studies have compared differences in program delivery. This paper aims to describe differences b...