The Impact of an Intervention Taught by Trained Teachers on Childhood BMI z Score

During 2007/2008 seven out of eighty public elementary public schools from Guimarães (Portugal) were invited to participate in this study. The number of schools involved was according to constraints of personnel for the assessment and intervention. Schools were the unit of randomization and three were assigned into intervention, and four into control group. Data was collected prior to intervention and immediately after, during the year 2009 (post-intervention). Prior to participation on data collection, parents provided informed consent, and children provided oral assent.