Family-based intervention using face-to-face sessions and social media to improve Malay primary school children's adiposity: a randomized controlled field trial of the Malaysian REDUCE

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Norliza, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Mukhtar, Firdaus, Lye, Munn Sann
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72734/1/Family%20based%20intervention%20using%20face-to-face%20sessions%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72734/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30071855/

Background: Social media may be an effective medium by which parents could be trained to promote healthy eating behaviour and physical activity for their children. This trial evaluates the effectiveness of a family-based intervention using social media in combination with face-to-face sessions - the...