Gender differences and a school-based obesity prevention program in Argentina: a randomized trial

• Main Authors: Cecile Rausch Herscovici, Irina Kovalskys, María José De Gregorio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2013
• Subjects: Obesidad; prevención primaria; salud del niño; nutrición del niño; alimentos; Argentina; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Rosario
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/b5acdeb02459474cb534fe10e63dd0ff

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of a school-based obesity prevention program that seeks to change food intake among students at schools in Rosario, Argentina. METHODS: This was a prospective study involving 405 children 9-11 years of age at six schools in the poor areas of Rosario, Argentina, in M...