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St. Jude Program Reduces Weight Gain in Young African-American Girls
Date:11/7/2007

ce and therefore avoid the health problems caused by obesity. One important thing we found is that we can increase the success rate if we don't give up on these girls."

Other authors of this study include Eva Obarzanek (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), Lisa Klesges (St. Jude), Bettina Beech (Vanderbilt University, Tenn.), Shiriki Kumanyika (University of Pennsylvania), Barbara McClanahan (University of Memphis) and David Murray (The Ohio State University).

This work was supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health and ALSAC.

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tenn., St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization. For more information, please visit http://www.stjude.org.


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