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April 3, 2024Childhood Obesity

Building Healthy Families: Outcomes of an Adapted Family Healthy Weight Program Among Children in a Rural Mid-Western Community

Bryce M. Abbey Kate A. Heelan R. Todd Bartee Kaiti George Nancy L. Foster Paul A. Estabrooks Jennie L. Hill

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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing an adapted, evidence-based 12-week Family Healthy Weight Program (FHWP), Building Healthy Families, on reducing BMI metrics and clinical health indicators in a real-world community setting.

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Abbey et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e708e0b6db643587682cf0 https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2023.0142

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