Evaluation of a primary care intervention on body mass index: the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative

We evaluated the impact of a brief primary-care-based intervention, The Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (MYOC), on BMI (kg/m(2)) z-score change among participants with obesity (BMI ≥95th percentile for age and sex), overweight (BMI ≥85th and

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Veröffentlicht in:	Childhood obesity 2015-04, Vol.11 (2), p.187-193
Hauptverfasser:	Gortmaker, Steven L, Polacsek, Michele, Letourneau, Lisa, Rogers, Victoria W, Holmberg, Robert, Lombard, Kenneth A, Fanburg, Jonathan, Ware, James, Orr, Joan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Behavior Therapy - methods Body Mass Index Body Weight Child childhood obesity Cooperative Behavior Directive Counseling - methods Female field experimentation Health Promotion - methods Humans Maine Maine - epidemiology Male Original patients Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control Primary Health Care Program Evaluation Retrospective Studies rural areas youth
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Zusammenfassung:	We evaluated the impact of a brief primary-care-based intervention, The Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (MYOC), on BMI (kg/m(2)) z-score change among participants with obesity (BMI ≥95th percentile for age and sex), overweight (BMI ≥85th and
ISSN:	2153-2168 2153-2176 2153-2176
DOI:	10.1089/chi.2014.0132