Effective nationwide school-based participatory extramural program on adolescent body mass index, health knowledge and behaviors

• Main Authors: Moonseong Heo (Author), Camille C. Jimenez (Author), Jean Lim (Author), Carmen R. Isasi (Author), Arthur E. Blank (Author), David W. Lounsbury (Author), Lynn Fredericks (Author), Michelle Bouchard (Author), Myles S. Faith (Author), Judith Wylie-Rosett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Adolescent obesity is a major public health concern. Open to all high school students regardless of weight status, HealthCorps is a nationwide program offering a comprehensive high school-based participatory educational program to indirectly address obesity. We tested a hypothesi...