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Exploring Obesity And After-School Supervision With Adolescents In Rural West Virginia, Sallie Dawn Richards
Exploring Obesity And After-School Supervision With Adolescents In Rural West Virginia, Sallie Dawn Richards
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Both childhood obesity and the number of children in self-care have increased during the past several decades. Child care arrangements for working parents of middle school children can be a complex problem because unsupervised children who “hang out” with peers after school are more likely to engage in risky behaviors, although unsupervised children at home after school tend to watch more television than their supervised peers. Because children in self-care at home after school tend to engage in more sedentary activities, they may be at greater risk for becoming overweight or obese. The purpose of the present study was to …