A school-based intervention for a better future: study protocol of Sintra Grows Healthy

• Main Authors: Raquel J. Ferreira (Author), Telma Nogueira (Author), Vitória Dias da Silva (Author), Mariana Liñan Pinto (Author), Joana Sousa (Author), Ana Margarida Pereira (Author), Paulo Jorge Nogueira (Author), Rute Borrego (Author), Ana Raposo (Author), João Martins (Author), Marcos Onofre (Author), Adilson Marques (Author), António Rodrigues (Author), Ana Quitério (Author), António Pereira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preventing childhood obesity is a public health challenge of the twenty-first century and it must be a priority. Governments play a major role in creating and supporting a healthy school environment and should prioritise actions to improve children's health. Sintra Grows Hea...