Systematic review of health policy interventions for overweight-obesity in adolescents and their impact

Introduction: Childhood obesity is a public health concern in the United States, affecting nearly one-third of adolescents. While many school-based programs have implemented nutritional and physical activity (PA) programs to address this, there have been varying degrees of success. Given the rates of childhood obesity and its impact on long-term health, examining programmatic outcomes from these health policy initiatives targeting childhood obesity is warranted.