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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Community-Based Environmental Change Produces Results

Shape Up Sommerville is an intervention program which was designed by researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. The program aggressively redesigned school curriculum and after-school activities in an attempt to curb weight gain among school children.
"A key element of the intervention was the work done in collaboration with Sommerville schools. [Christina] Economos and her team planned and implemented a range of initiatives designed to provide and promote healthy eating options and physical activity."
Included in the initiatives were a redesigned school food program that included healthier meals and snacks, after-school curriculum that included creative cooking and cooperative games, and in-class curriculum that included weekly nutrition and physical activity lessons. Read more at News-Medical.net.

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Posted By: Aspen Education Group