BMJ 2004;328 (22 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7450.0-e
School education programmes can reduce obesity
A simple educational programme delivered to children can help tackle obesity. James and colleagues (p 1237) randomised 644 children aged 7-11 to a one hour session of advice on healthy drinking, or to no intervention. After one year, children in the intervention group were drinking 0.6 fewer glasses of carbonate drinks over three days (p = 0.02), but those in the control group were drinking 0.2 glasses more (p = n.s.). The percentage of overweight and obese children increased in the control group by 7.5% and decreased in the intervention group by 0.2%, mean difference 7.7% (CI 2.2 to 13.1).
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