GENERAL ARTICLE

School-Based Obesity Interventions: A Literature Review

FADIA T. SHAYA, PhD, MPHa ABSTRACT DAVID FLORESb BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is an impending epidemic. This article is an over- CONFIDENCE M. GBARAYOR, MPHc JINGSHU WANG, PhDd view of different interventions conducted in school settings so as to guide efforts for an effective management of obesity in children, thus minimizing the risk of adult obe- sity and related cardiovascular risk. METHODS: PubMed and OVID...