Group treatment may help children achieve healthier weights
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 14:07
in Psychology & Sociology
Group-based treatment programs may effectively combat childhood obesity in rural communities, according to a new University of Florida study. Children who participated in one of two group programs — family-based or parent-only — were less overweight compared with children in a control group. The findings appear in the December issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
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