The Role of Ethnicity in School-Based Obesity Intervention for School-Aged Children: A Pilot Evaluation

摘要

BACKGROUNDRates of obesity have risen disproportionately for ethnic minority youth in the United States. School-based programs may be the most comprehensive and cost-effective way to implement primary prevention in children. In this study we evaluated the effect of a school-based obesity prevention on the outcome of body mass index percentile (BMI%), with baseline weight class and ethnicity examined as moderators.