Changing School Environment Curbs Weight Gain in Children (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Temple University

Changing School Environment Curbs Weight Gain in Children (1 of 2)

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Fourth-grade students Gloria Albandoz (foreground) and Jaritza Ponce (middle), with help from Nomfundo Msomi of the Food Trust, determine which neighborhood stores have the healthiest foods. Nutrition education was found to be a keypart in school-based interventions to prevent childhood obesity.

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Joseph Labolito, Temple University

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