well as children.
A study by Wang, Gutin, Barbeau, Moore, Hanes, and Johnson, et al (2008) also identified results of a school-based obesity prevention study taking place in 18 elementary schools. While the focus of this study was on the cost effectiveness of the first year intervention effort, it measured effectiveness as percent body fat (% BF) reduction compared with a control condition. The subjects in this study were not differentiated according to any demographic variables such as family socioeconomic status or race/ethnicity. However, this experimental research did demonstrate that participation in an after school weight modification and fitness program under the rubric of FitKid was instrumental in generating substantial reductions in % BF among students who attended at least 40 percent of all the intervention sessions. In other words, this study confirms the efficacy of school-based interventions that engage overweight, obese, and at-risk students in developing healthy alternatives to sedentary lifestyles characterized by excessive i
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