In the article "A cluster of randomised school-based lifestyle intervention program for the prevention of childhood obesity and related early cardiovascular disease, 2011," by Monika Siegrist, Henner Hanssen, Christoph Lammel, Bernhard Haller and Martin Halle, the issue of childhood obesity and the different lifestyle programs that could be implemented at school to help lower risk of the disease is looked at. This study is important because its goals is to deliver a realistic long-term intervention strategy to recreate childhood health and to avoid obesity-related cardiovascular health issues in our young ones. The authors created a study where around 15 public schools in parts of Europe are randomly assigned to a controlled variable school or an intervention one. There will be fifth grade students who will be studied for approximately four years. The study creates a school-based and a home-based approach, targeting at young children, educators and caregivers.
Source: Siegrist, M., Hanssen, H., Lammel, C., Haller, B., & Halle, M. (2011). A cluster randomised school-based lifestyle intervention programme for the prevention of childhood obesity and related early cardiovascular disease (JuvenTUM 3). BMC public health, 11(1), 258.
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