Pilot Project to Integrate Community and Clinical Level Systems to Address Health Disparities in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity among Ethnic Minority Inner-City Middle School Students: Lessons Learned

• Main Authors: Jessica Rieder (Author), Agnieszka Cain (Author), Erica Carson (Author), Andrea Benya (Author), Paul Meissner (Author), Carmen R. Isasi (Author), Judith Wylie-Rosett (Author), Neal Hoffman (Author), Colleen Kelly (Author), Ellen J. Silver (Author), Laurie J. Bauman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Effective obesity prevention and treatment interventions are lacking in the United States, especially for impoverished minority youths at risk for health disparities, and especially in accessible community-based settings. We describe the launch and pilot implementation evaluation of the first year o...