A feasibility study with process evaluation of a preschool intervention to improve child and family lifestyle behaviours

Abstract Background Around a fifth of children starting school in England are now overweight/obese. There is a paucity of interventions with the aim of obesity prevention in preschool-age children in the UK. Previous research has demonstrated some positive results in changing specific health behavio...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Lorraine McSweeney, Vera Araújo-Soares, Tim Rapley, Ashley Adamson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-03-01
Subjects:	Preschool Family Obesity Behaviour change Feasibility study
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4167-1

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