Journal of Obesity
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 378501, 16 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/378501
Feasibility and Acceptability of an Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention: Results from the Healthy Homes, Healthy Families Pilot Study
1Institute for Community Health Promotion, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, P.O. Box G-S121-8, Providence, RI 02908, USA
2Kinesiology & Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University, P.O. Box 13015 SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, USA
3School of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
4Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, 348 Mansfield Road, Unit 1058, Room 320, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Received 25 July 2014; Accepted 1 October 2014; Published 27 October 2014
Academic Editor: Chris Rissel
Copyright © 2014 Akilah Dulin Keita et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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