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Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in the state. The policy's objective was to encourage them to develop a long-term habit of exercising. In 2018, we carried out a large register-based survey among several cohorts in Saxony and two neighboring states. Our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Athletics
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Langnase, Kristina; Asbeck, Inga; Mast, Mareike; Muller, Manfred J. – Health Education, 2004
The objective of this paper is to assess the effect of the socio-economic status (SES) on long-term outcomes of a family-based obesity treatment intervention in prepubertal children. A total of 52 overweight and 26 normal weight children were investigated. Nutritional status, intake of fruit, vegetables and low fat foods, in-between meals, sports…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Obesity, Socioeconomic Status, Intervention