The Impact of Healthy Harlem on the Prevalence of Child Overweight and Obesity and Contributing Factors: Interim Evaluation Report

James Mabli, Martha Bleeker and Mary Kay Fox

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Abstract: The Healthy Harlem program, which is focused on improving health, nutrition, and physical fitness among children enrolled in the Harlem Children’s Zone, had positive impacts on students’ nutrition knowledge, self-efficacy, fitness, and body mass index (BMI).

Keywords: childhood obesity; Harlem Children's Zone; body mass index; nutrition; physical fitness; afterschool program (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 81
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