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Thursday, May 21, 2009

School obesity program shows some benefits

But none having to do with stopping overweight/obesity.
"Over 20 months, students at 10 schools that ran the program reduced their soda intake, compared with their peers at eight "control" schools. Girls at the intervention schools also showed a smaller increase in body fat.

However, those benefits tended to wane over time. And certain other positive effects seen at the eight-month mark -- like less weight gain around the waistline in boys -- had disappeared by the 20-month point."
The "benefits" must have been income for the researchers.

To wit:
"Further studies, she and her colleagues say, should look at whether longer-term education efforts help teenagers maintain healthy lifestyle changes over time."
The request for more money on useless research.

I'll bet they get funded, too.

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