Influence of a lifestyle intervention in preschool children on physiological and psychological parameters (Ballabeina): study design of a cluster randomized controlled trial.

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Published in BMC Public Health on March 31, 2009

Authors

Iris Niederer1, Susi Kriemler, Lukas Zahner, Flavia Bürgi, Vincent Ebenegger, Tim Hartmann, Ursina Meyer, Christian Schindler, Andreas Nydegger, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Jardena J Puder

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. iris.niederer@unibas.ch

Associated clinical trials:

Influence of a Lifestyle Intervention in Preschool Children on Physiological and Psychological Parameters (Ballabeina) | NCT00674544

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