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Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2012
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2013
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2013
Lookin' Good Feelin' Good
Six 30-minute individual student-centered counseling sessions delivered by school nurses during the first two months followed by weekly weigh-ins and monthly visits over the subsequent 6 months, plus an exercise program in the school 3 times a week for the full eight months of the intervention.
Information attention-control
Six individual sessions with school nurse over the first two months followed by monthly visits over the remaining 6 months to check weight and behavior changes and provide a series of pamphlets on weight and weight management.
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
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