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Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (3297) Parent and Child Education on Healthy Eating and Nutrition (169) Innovations and Technology for Healthy Eating Education (414)

Published on in Vol 21, No 2 (2019): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11964, first published .
An Internet-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program (Time2bHealthy) for Parents of Preschool-Aged Children: Randomized Controlled Trial

An Internet-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program (Time2bHealthy) for Parents of Preschool-Aged Children: Randomized Controlled Trial

An Internet-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program (Time2bHealthy) for Parents of Preschool-Aged Children: Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Megan L Hammersley1 Author Orcid Image ;   Anthony D Okely1 Author Orcid Image ;   Marijka J Batterham2 Author Orcid Image ;   Rachel A Jones1 Author Orcid Image
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