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sarah messiah ; gabriela lopez mitnik ; t. lucas hollar ; marie almon ; arthur agatston april 2010 . effect of a two year obesity prevention intervention on percentile changes in body mass index and academic performance in low income elementary school children . american journal of public health . 100 4 646 653 . doi 10.2105 ajph .2009.165746 . pmc 2836343 . pmid 20167892 . retrieved 2010 12 21 . hollar danielle ; sarah messiah ; gabriela lopez mitnik ; t. lucas hollar ; marie almon ; arthur agatston 4 september 2010 . healthier options for public schoolchildren program improves weight and blood pressure in 6 to 13 year olds . journal of the american dietitic association . 110 261 . doi 10.1016 j.jada .2009.10.029 . hollar danielle ; michelle lombardo ; gabriella lopez miknik ; theodore l. hollar ; marie almon ; arthur agatston ; sarah messiah 2010 . effective multi level multi sector school based obesity prevention programming improves weight blood pressure and academic performance especially among low income minority children . journal of health care for the poor and underserved . 21 2 suppl 93 108 . doi 10.1353 hpu .0.0304 . pmid 20453379 . childhood obesity prevention with the organwise guys . retrieved 4 5 2013 . check date values in access date help hollar danielle ; messiah se ; lopez mitnik g ; almon m ; hollar tl ; lombardo m 2010 . combining nutrition education foodservice feeding programs and physical activity obesity prevention interventions for children significant improvements in the health and academic achievement of young children . in debasis bagchi . global view on childhood obesity current status consequences and prevention 1 ed . . elsevier . p. 364 . isbn 0123749956 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the organwise guys & oldid 729917723 categories educational organizations based in the united stateshealth education organizationsorganizations established in 1993organizations based in georgia u.s. state duluth georgia1993 establishments in georgia u.s. state hidden categories cs1 errors datesorphaned articles from april 2014all orphaned articlesarticles needing cleanup from april 2013all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles with a reason field from april 2013wikipedia pages needing cleanup from april 2013articles needing additional references from june 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 july 2016 at 13 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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