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Physical activity to prevent obesity in young children

BMJ 2006; 333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39045.398646.1F (Published 30 November 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;333:1171

Negative outcome or protocol problem?

  1. Alastair Michell, professor of comparative medicine
  1. 1University of London, Barts Hospital Harvey Institute, London EC1M 6BQ Bobmichell@Hotmail.com

Although the article by Reilly et al on physical activity to prevent obesity in young children emphasises that adherence to protocol was good,1 an interview with Reilly on the Today programme (7.20 am, 6 October 2006) cited the difficulty in getting children to increase their activity as much as required—that is, not a negative outcome, but a problem in achieving sufficient increase to make the intervention effective. Which was the case?

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  • Competing interests: None declared.

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