title: A Physical Activity Intervention and Changes in Body Mass Index at a Middle School With a Large American Indian Population, Oklahoma, 2004-2009.
abstract: School-based interventions can reach children and adolescents and aid in reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity. A physical education class that engaged middle school students in a daily 1-mile walk or run and other team sports was developed in a rural school in southwestern Oklahoma with a large American Indian population. Body mass index z scores decreased among boys and were stable among girls in the intervention group compared with students who did not participate in the intervention. A daily required walk or run may help to establish a physical activity habit with all of its associated benefits.
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, CHB Room 354, 801 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104. Email: june-eichner@ouhsc.edu.
authors.forename: June E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Eichner
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: Olakunle A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Folorunso
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D009825:Oklahoma; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students