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Obesity Management Evidence-Based Programs Listing

Examples of School-based programs, which have insufficient evidence according to the Community Preventive Services Task Force
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Program Area Sub Categories Population Focus Suitable Settings Level of Change Program Focus Community Type Age Age Sex Race/Ethnicity Origination Program Materials Language Purpose Program URL Sub Topics
COPE (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment) Healthy Lifestyles TEEN (Thinking, Emotions, Exercise, and Nutrition) Program
Intervention Category: Classroom-based health education interventions focused on providing information, School-based programs and Enhanced school-based physical education interventions
Obesity Management Children or Adolescents Email, Website, Phone, Postal Mail, or Mass Media; Homes; Schools (K-College) Individual; Interpersonal; Organizational or System Cognitive or Psychosocial Determinants; Health and Functional Performance Status; Lifestyle Behaviors Not Specified 11-18 Years (Adolescents) 11-18 Years Female; Male American Indian; Asian; Hispanic or Latino; White (not Hispanic or Latino) United States English Designed to promote healthy dietary habits and physical activity to reduce obesity. https://ebccp.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/programDetails.do?programId=22686590
New Moves
Intervention Category: School-based programs, Enhanced school-based physical education interventions and School-based programs promoting nutrition and physical activity
Obesity Management Children or Adolescents; People with Lower SES Schools (K-College) Individual Capability or Motivation for Behavior Change; Lifestyle Behaviors Not Specified 11-18 Years (Adolescents) 11-18 Years Female American Indian; Asian; Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino); Hispanic or Latino; White (not Hispanic or Latino) United States English Designed to promote healthy dietary habits and increase physical activity to reduce obesity. https://ebccp.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/programDetails.do?programId=236223
Start For Life
Intervention Category: School-based programs
Obesity Management Children or Adolescents; People with Lower SES; Racial and Ethnic Minorities Community-Based Settings; Daycares or Preschools; Schools (K-College) Individual; Interpersonal Cognitive or Psychosocial Determinants; Health and Functional Performance Status; Lifestyle Behaviors Not Specified 0-10 Years (Children) 0-10 Years Female; Male Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino) United States English Designed to promote physical activity to reduce obesity. https://ebccp.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/programDetails.do?programId=22053833