School-based programs for obesity prevention: what do adolescents recommend?
Twenty-five focus groups conducted with 203 adolescent boys and girls from junior high and high schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, showed that students want weight control programs that are fun, interactive, accessible, convenient, low in cost, sensitive to the needs of adolescents, include multiple physical activity options, and are offered to all students, regardless of their weight.
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454-1015, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*