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GEM No. 580| Volume 50, ISSUE 10, P1053-1055, November 2018

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Choose Health: Food, Fun and Fitness, an Experiential Youth Curriculum That Promotes Healthy Eating and Active Play

  • Wendy S. Wolfe
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    Address correspondence to: Wendy S. Wolfe, PhD, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, 373 MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853; Phone: (607) 255-2677; Fax: (607) 255-0027;
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Published:November 14, 2017DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2017.09.011
      Children make many independent food and activity decisions. Youth nutrition education can build the knowledge, skills, and behaviors children need to navigate obesogenic environments and develop habits that will persist into adulthood and prevent obesity and chronic disease.
      • Contento I.R.
      • Balch G.I.
      • Bronner Y.L.
      • Olson C.M.
      • Lytle L.A.
      • Swadener S.S.
      The effectiveness of nutrition education and implications for nutrition education policy, programs, and research: a review of research.
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