Addressing the epidemic of childhood obesity through school-based interventions: what has been done and where do we go from here?

J Law Med Ethics. 2007 Spring;35(1):113-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00116.x.

Abstract

Schools are ideal settings for implementing multi-component programs to prevent and control childhood obesity. Thoughtful improvements to proven strategies, coupled with careful evaluation, can contribute to accumulation of evidence needed to design and implement the next generation of optimal interventions.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Body Mass Index
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Exercise*
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Humans
  • Nutrition Surveys
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Obesity / prevention & control
  • Obesity / therapy
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • School Health Services / organization & administration*
  • School Health Services / trends
  • United States / epidemiology