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Journal Articles
Abstract:
A total of 89 overweight children in Grades 2-5 in one experimental and one control school participated in a 12-week weight reduction program conducted primarily by older children trained as peer counselors. Children in the experimental school lost 0.15 kg and reduced their percentage overweight by 5.3%, whereas those in the control school gained 1.3 kg and increased their percentage overweight by 0.3%. Program children also showed positive changes in self-concept as compared with a control group and displayed improvements in food selection. Changes in weight, self-concept, and food selection were only partially maintained at 18-week follow-up, however, pointing to the need for an ongoing program of weight loss maintenance. © 1985 American Psychological Association.