La Vida Buena (The Good Life) evaluation: a quasi experimental intervention of a community health worker-led family-based childhood obesity program for Latino children 5–8 years of age on the US-Mexico border

La Vida Buena (The Good Life) evaluation: a quasi experimental intervention of a community health worker-led family-based childhood obesity program for Latino children 5–8 years of age on the US-Mexico border

Abstract Background Due to multiple and interacting factors, Latino children are disproportionately at risk for overweight and obesity in the United States. Childhood obesity increases the risk for adverse physical and psychosocial outcomes throughout the lifespan. Intensive behavioral interventions...

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Main Authors: Kathryn M. Tucker, Maia Ingram, Kevin Doubleday, Rosie Piper, Scott C. Carvajal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Community health workers
Childhood obesity
Community-academic partnership
Latino
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-7081-x

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