V.I.K. (Very Important Kids): a school-based program designed to reduce teasing and unhealthy weight-control behaviors
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V.I.K. (Very Important Kids): a school-based program designed to reduce teasing and unhealthy weight-control behaviors.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of V.I.K. (Very Important Kids), a school-based, multi-component intervention designed to prevent teasing and unhealthy weight-control behaviors among fourth through sixth grade students. The effectiveness of the V.I.K. intervention was evaluated using a pre-post quasi-experimental design with one school assigned to eac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Education Research
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0268-1153,1465-3648
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl123