Enhancing self-regulation as a strategy for obesity prevention in Head Start preschoolers: the growing healthy study

• Main Authors: Miller Alison L (Author), Horodynski Mildred A (Author), Herb Holly E (Author), Peterson Karen E (Author), Contreras Dawn (Author), Kaciroti Niko (Author), Staples-Watson Julie (Author), Lumeng Julie C (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Nearly one in five 4-year-old children in the United States are obese, with low-income children almost twice as likely to be obese as their middle/upper-income peers. Few obesity prevention programs for low-income preschoolers and th...