Bianca S Shagrin, Galina Gheihman, Amy M Sullivan, Honghe Li, David A Hirsh
Faculty perspectives on facilitating medical students' longitudinal learning: A mixed-methods study
Medical education
overweight obese body mass index bmi status affects increasing number children united states school setting identified focus area implement obesity prevention programs database search pubmed education search complete cumulative index nursing allied health literature cinahl conducted peerreviewed articles published january 2005 december 2015 pertaining programs offered school setting grades k12 united states nutrition education component measured bmi percentile bmi zscore outcome seven studies focused elementary k5 populations 2 studies focused grades 68 among 9 identified studies longterm greater 1 year implementation showed pronounced results positive impact reducing overweightobese bmi measures set studies suggests longterm nutrition education delivered school setting provide children tools attain healthy weight status additional studies examining participants bmi status years initial study studies examining programs grades 912 needed determine effective delivery time methods