Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 13-21 , February 2005

Changing the tide: an Internet/video exercise and low-fat diet intervention with middle-school students

  • Marilyn Frenn, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Marquette University, PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 414 288 3845; fax: +1 414 288 1939.
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  • Shelly Malin, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Marquette University, PO Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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  • Roger L. Brown, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Consultants, Inc., Middleton, WI 53562, USA
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  • Yvonne Greer, MPH, RD, CD

      Affiliations

    • City of Milwaukee Health Department, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
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  • Jaime Fox, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Resource Unit, Children's Hospital of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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  • Jennifer Greer, BSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
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  • Sarah Smyczek, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA

Received 10 December 2003 ,Revised 26 March 2004 ,Accepted 2 April 2004.

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☆ This study was funded in part by the Milwaukee Area Health Education Center and the state of Wisconsin.

PII: S0897-1897(04)00086-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.04.003

Applied Nursing Research
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