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Improvements in Heart Health Behaviors and Reduction in Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors in Urban Teenaged Girls Through a School-Based Intervention: The PATH Program

Marcia Bayne-Smith, Paul S. Fardy, Ann Azzollini, John R. Magel, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Denise Agin

American Journal of Public Health · 2004 · 122 citations · 25 references

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An integrated program of exercise and heart health-related lectures and discussions had a beneficial effect on health knowledge, health behaviors, and onset of risk factors for coronary artery disease among urban girls.

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