A Quasi-Experimental Study to Mobilize Rural Low-Income Communities to Assess and Improve the Ecological Environment to Prevent Childhood Obesity

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Describes a study to be conducted in 14 low-income rural communities in Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, to find best practices to create and sustain healthy eating and physical activity and to prevent childhood obesity.

Paula Peters, Abby Gold, Angela Abbott, et al.

BMC Public Health, 16, 376

05/2016

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Children and youth · Community engagement and volunteerism · Obesity and weight control · Poverty · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Indiana · Kansas · Michigan · North Dakota · Ohio · South Dakota · Wisconsin