School-Based Intervention as a Component of a Comprehensive Community Program for Overweight and Obesity Prevention, Sousse, Tunisia, 2009–2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 12 — September 10, 2015
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The intervention group (8 middle schools) was in Sousse Jawhara and Riadh. The control group (7 middle schools) was in Sousse Msaken. A preintervention evaluation of both groups was done during school year 2009–2010. A healthy diet and physical activity were promoted for the intervention group but not for the control group. The intervention occurred during September 2010 to September 2013. A postintervention evaluation was done for both groups in 2013–2014.
Figure. Timeline of quasi-experimental study (preintervention and postintervention assessment with control group) of an intervention program that is a component of a comprehensive community program for overweight and obesity prevention, Sousse, Tunisia, 2009–2014.
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