A cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6-7 year old children: the WAVES study protocol.

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Published in BMC Public Health on May 13, 2015

Authors

Peymane Adab1, Miranda J Pallan2, Emma R Lancashire3, Karla Hemming4, Emma Frew5, Tania Griffin6, Timothy Barrett7, Raj Bhopal8, Janet E Cade9, Amanda Daley10, Jonathan Deeks11, Joan Duda12, Ulf Ekelund13,14, Paramjit Gill15, Eleanor McGee16, Jayne Parry17, Sandra Passmore18, Kar Keung Cheng19

Author Affiliations

1: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. p.adab@bham.ac.uk.
2: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. M.J.Pallan@bham.ac.uk.
3: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. E.R.Lancashire@bham.ac.uk.
4: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. K.HEMMING@bham.ac.uk.
5: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. E.Frew@bham.ac.uk.
6: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. T.L.Griffin.1@bham.ac.uk.
7: School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. T.G.Barrett@bham.ac.uk.
8: Edinburgh Migration, Ethnicity and Health Research Group, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. raj.bhopal@ed.ac.uk.
9: Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. j.e.cade@leeds.ac.uk.
10: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. A.Daley@bham.ac.uk.
11: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. J.Deeks@bham.ac.uk.
12: School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. J.L.DUDA@bham.ac.uk.
13: Cambridge MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK. ulf.ekelund@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk.
14: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway. ulf.ekelund@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk.
15: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. P.S.GILL@bham.ac.uk.
16: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK. Eleanor.Mcgee@bhamcommunity.nhs.uk.
17: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. J.M.PARRY.1@bham.ac.uk.
18: Services for Education, Birmingham, UK. sandra.passmore@servicesforeducation.co.uk.
19: Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. K.K.Cheng@bham.ac.uk.

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