Daycare Program To Prevent Obesity Benefits Preschoolers

A preschool-based intervention program helped prevent early trends toward obesity and instilled healthy eating habits in multi-ethnic 2- to 5-year-olds, according to a report presented at the American Heart Association’s Conference on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism.”Nobody would dispute that we are experiencing an epidemic of obesity in this country,” said Ruby Natale, Ph.D., Psy.D.

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Filed under: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness on March 15th, 2008