Healthy & Ready to Learn: Examining the efficacy of an early approach to obesity prevention and school readiness

Author(s): Winter, Suzanne; Sass, Daniel A.;
Date Issued: July-September, 2011
Description: A study of the effect of the Healthy & Ready to Learn intervention on both the physical growth and language development of 405 primarily Latino low-income children in two matched pairs of experimental and control Head Start centers
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Funder(s): Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio ; Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund
Journal Title: Journal of Research in Childhood Education
Volume Number: 25
Issue Number: 3
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Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Physical Development & Growth

Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Early Literacy

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Interventions/Curricula > Comprehensive
Country: United States
States: TEXAS
ISSN: 0256-8543 Paper
2150-2641 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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