School-Based Programs for Obesity Prevention: What Do Adolescents Recommend?
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Journal of Health Promotion
- Vol. 14 (4), 232-235
- https://doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-14.4.232
Abstract
Twenty-five focus groups conducted with 203 adolescent boys and girls from junior high and high schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, showed that students want weight control programs that are fun, interactive, accessible, convenient, low in cost, sensitive to the needs of adolescents, include multiple physical activity options, and are offered to all students, regardless of their weight.Keywords
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