A programme of culturally tailored dance plus an intervention to reduce screen media use does not reduce BMI over 2 years compared with health education in preadolescent low-income African American girls but does reduce depressive symptoms and lipid levels

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¹ Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, USA. msnanney@umn.edu

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Marilyn S Nanney. Evid Based Med. 2011 Jun.

. 2011 Jun;16(3):84-5.

doi: 10.1136/ebm1191. Epub 2011 Mar 8.

¹ Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, USA. msnanney@umn.edu

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A randomized controlled trial of culturally tailored dance and reducing screen time to prevent weight gain in low-income African American girls: Stanford GEMS.
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