American journal of preventive medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Overweight and obesity prevention for adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial in a school setting.
Given the increasing prevalence of obesity among youth over the past decade, prevention has become an international public health priority. ⋯ Although the screening and care strategy is an effective way to prevent, at 2 years, overweight and obesity among adolescents in a high school setting, its effects over and above no strategy intervention were small.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Text messaging to motivate walking in older African Americans: a randomized controlled trial.
Older minority populations can benefit from increased physical activity, especially walking. Text messaging interventions have the potential to encourage positive changes in health behavior in these groups. ⋯ This study is registered at www.clinicaltrials.govNCT01697475.