Reasons for (non)participating in a telephone-based intervention program for families with overweight children.

OBJECTIVE: Willingness to participate in obesity prevention programs is low; underlying reasons are poorly understood. We evaluated reasons for (non)participating in a novel telephone-based obesity prevention program for overweight children and their families. METHOD: Overweight children and adolesc...

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Main Authors: Franziska Alff, Jana Markert, Silke Zschaler, Ruth Gausche, Wieland Kiess, Susann Blüher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3317994?pdf=render