Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 434-441 , July 2008

Nutrition and Youth Soccer for Childhood Overweight: A Pilot Novel Chiropractic Health Education Intervention

  • Robert A. Leach, DC, MS

      Affiliations

    • Director, Leach Chiropractic Clinic, Starkville, Miss
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Robert A. Leach, DC, MS, Director, 214 Russell St., Starkville, MS 39759
    • ,
  • Joyce M. Yates, EdD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Miss

Received 25 July 2007 ,Revised 23 January 2008 ,Accepted 24 February 2008.

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 The research was funded through a grant from the Office of the Southern Women's Institute, Columbus, Mississippi, and scholarship funds for economically disadvantaged children to play soccer were provided through grants from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., and Oktibbeha County Hospital, Starkville, Miss., to a local youth soccer organization.

PII: S0161-4754(08)00174-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.06.003

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 434-441 , July 2008

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