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Engaging Head Start families in childhood obesity prevention: School-home communication about children's height and weight screenings

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Head Start provides children with healthy, nutritious meals, physical activity opportunities, and health screenings, all of which are important components of combatting early childhood obesity. Communicating health screening information about a child's weight status to parents is one way to engage families in childhood obesity prevention efforts. This article describes a process that was used to develop and evaluate strategies for communicating with Head Start parents about their child's Body Mass Index. (author abstract)
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