Randomized Controlled Trial of Healthy Harlem's Get Fit Program: An After-School Intervention for Childhood Overweight and Obesity in the Harlem Children's Zone

James Mabli, Martha Bleeker, Mary Kay Fox, Betina Jean-Louis and Marlene Fox

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Abstract: This article estimates the effect of Healthy Harlem's Get Fit—a 12-week after-school program aimed at helping students improve physical activity and eating habits—on BMI and weight status of adolescents.

Keywords: high school; middle school; obese; overweight; randomized controlled trial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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