Three-Year Maintenance of Improved Diet and Physical Activity
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicinePublished 1 July 1999
Patrick Nader, Edwin M. Stone, Leslie A. Lytle, Cynthia K. Perry, Stavroula K. Osganian, Steve Kelder
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This 3-year follow-up without further intervention suggests that the behavioral changes initiated during the elementary school years persisted to early adolescence for self-reported dietary and physical activity behaviors.
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The original CATCH results demonstrated that school-level interventions could modify school lunch and school physical education programs as well as influence student behaviors. This 3-year follow-up without further intervention suggests that the behavioral changes initiated during the elementary school years persisted to early adolescence for self-reported dietary and physical activity behaviors.
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