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This article was support by a grant (R01 HD 045693) funded by the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development to Dawn K. Wilson, Ph.D. Send reprint requests to Dawn K. Wilson, Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology, Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; email address: wilsondk@mailbox.sc.edu.

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Wilson, D.K., Meyers, D.C. (2009). Innovations in Preventing and Treating Obesity in Children and Adolescents: The Role of Physical Activity Interventions. In: Handbook of Obesity Intervention for the Lifespan. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78305-5_6

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