Preliminary Effectiveness of a One-Week Summer Day Camp for Improving Children's Health Behaviors and Psychosocial Well-Being Outcomes

• Main Authors: Qiaoyin Tan (Author), Yuxin Nie (Author), Paul Son (Author), Renee A. Underwood (Author), Peyton Murray (Author), Callie Hebert (Author), K-Lynn McKey (Author), Chelsea Hendrick (Author), Amanda E. Staiano (Author), Senlin Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: Summer day camp offers children opportunities to grow knowledge and skills, be physically active, and have fun. Compared to healthy children, at-risk children (i.e., overweight, or with obesity and chronic health conditions) typically display less optimal health behaviors and psychosocial w...