Date of Award
Spring 5-11-2012
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Bonnie Lee Harbaugh
Advisor Department
Nursing
Abstract
The purpose of this natural comparative study is to see if changes in diet, education, and activity made in a South Mississippi Head Start (HS) preschool from Fall 2007 through Fall 2010 made any changes in the Body Mass Index (BMI) trends in two cohorts of low-income African American 3-year-olds. Cohort 1 BMI trends were measured in Fall 2006 and Spring 2007, before major HS changes in diet, education and activity were made (pre-treatment), and Cohort 2 was measured in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011, after major changes were made (post-treatment).
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Recommended Citation
Sanders, Anna, "Obesity Trends in Head Start Preschoolers" (2012). Honors Theses. 62.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/62