Louisiana (LA) Health: design and methods for a childhood obesity prevention program in rural schools.

ABSTRACT: There is a worldwide epidemic of obesity with far-reaching consequences for the health of our nation. Prevention of obesity, especially in children, has been deemed by public health policy makers to be one of the most important objectives for our country. This prevention project, called Louisiana (LA) Health, will test whether modification of environmental and behavioral factors can prevent inappropriate weight gain in children from rural parishes of Louisiana who are enrolled in the fourth to sixth grades during Year 1. The primary aim of the LA Health project is to test the efficacy of two school-based approaches for obesity prevention: primary prevention alone and a combination of primary and secondary prevention which will be compared to a no-intervention control group using a cluster

SUBMITTER: Williamson DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2628769 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature