R Rosário, A Araújo, P Padrão, O Lopes, A Moreira, S Abreu, S Vale, B Pereira, P Moreira
Impact of a school-based intervention to promote fruit intake: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Public health
study school lifestyle interventions elementary school children healthy primary school future effects introduction increased physical activity without healthy nutrition health behaviour bmi young children costs program prospective controlled nonrandomized study nearly 1700 children parkstad southeast netherlands preliminary results two years show combination increased physical activity healthy nutrition result decreased bmizscore 0036 increased physical activity alone hardly change 010 control group bmizscore increased 0052 net societal costs combination physical activity health nutrition costs 1 euro per child per day study contributes increasing amount evidence proving lifestyle interventions effective reducing obesity epidemic future studies show whether weight reduction children result prevention chronic disease later life cost reduction related result