Family-based intervention using face-to-face sessions and social media to improve Malay primary school children’s adiposity: a randomized controlled field trial of the Malaysian REDUCE programme

Family-based intervention using face-to-face sessions and social media to improve Malay primary school children’s adiposity: a randomized controlled field trial of the Malaysian REDUCE programme

Abstract Background Social media may be an effective medium by which parents could be trained to promote healthy eating behaviour and physical activity for their children. This trial evaluates the effectiveness of a family-based intervention using social media in combination with face-to-face sessio...

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Main Authors: Norliza Ahmad, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Firdaus Mukhtar, Munn-Sann Lye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Nutrition Journal
Subjects:
Paediatric obesity
Social media
Body mass index
Waist circumference
Body fat percentage
Parents intervention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12937-018-0379-1

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