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United States – Dorchester, MA
   
 

Every Step Counts: a nutrition and exercise prevention programme for Codman Academy, Dorchester, MA.


Principal investigator

Susanna E. Bedell, MD, FACP

Meg Campbell

Intervention type

School intervention

Targeted population

High-school students

Target factors

Risk factors    Diseases
  • Physical inactivity
  • Unhealthy eating

 

  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Diabetes

Purpose/Goals

The project seeks to promote healthy eating and exercise in adolescents through a school-based intervention.