TY - JOUR
AU - Müller, M J
AB - International Journal of Obesity (2005) 29, S78–S83 & 2005 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved 0307-0565/05 $30.00 www.nature.com/ijo PAPER First lessons from the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS) 1 1 1 1 S Danielzik , S Pust , B Landsberg and MJ Muller * Institut fu¨r Humanerna¨hrung und Lebensmittelkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universita¨t zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany AIMS: Prevention of obesity is a public health agenda. There are only few longitudinal studies on prevention of overweight in children. The Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS) intends to characterise the determinants of childhood overweight and the effect of preventive measures within schools as well as within families. METHODS: Between 1996 and 2005, KOPS investigated 4997 German 5–7 and 4487 9–11-y-old children or 41 and 37% of the total population of all first and fourth graders in 32 primary schools in Kiel (248 000 inhabitants), northwest Germany. Main outcome measures were nutritional status, health habits and risk factors of disease. In addition, health promotion was performed each year in three schools for all first graders and their teachers (nutrition education and active school breaks) together with a family-oriented approach in families with obese and preobese children. Up to now, the children were followed for 4 
TI - First lessons from the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS)
JF - International Journal of Obesity
DO - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803099
DA - 2005-09-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/first-lessons-from-the-kiel-obesity-prevention-study-kops-6SU5rZrIWm
SP - S78
EP - S83
VL - 29
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -