Barriers, facilitators, and opportunities to promote healthy weight behaviors among preschool-aged children in two rural U.S communities

• Main Authors: Katherine Jochim Pope (Author), Cason Whitcomb (Author), Maihan Vu (Author), Lisa Macon Harrison (Author), Joel Gittelsohn (Author), Dianne Ward (Author), Temitope Erinosho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obesity levels are higher in rural versus urban children. Multi-level community-based interventions can be effective in promoting healthy child weight, but few of such interventions have focused on rural children. This formative study assessed barriers, facilitators, and opportun...