title: I choose health (Elijo Salud: impacting youth through parish nursing.
abstract: The 2009-2010 National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) found that 34% of adolescents are overweight and 18% obese. The chance of an overweight/obese adolescent becoming an overweight/obese adult by age 35 is 60%. Hispanic youth are at risk for becoming obese related to eating habits. This paper describes an intervention, I Choose Health (Elijo Salud), with Hispanic church youth.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oakley
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoebeke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D064698:Parish Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult