School-based obesity-prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries: do they really work?
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School-based obesity-prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries: do they really work?
Obesity is the most common nutrition-related health problem around the world (1), especially among children (2). Hundreds of studies have been conducted to test approaches to prevent obesity, and many were in children in schools (3). Most of these studies were conducted in higher-income countries. An article in this issue of the Journal by Verstraeten et al (4) is the first to review these inte...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.043349