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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 3 (2016), Article ID 3:IJNCP-189, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2016/189
Study Protocol
Ignite-Sparking Youth to Create Healthy Communities: A Protocol for a Community-Centered Effort for the Prevention of Adolescent Obesity

Tandalayo Kidd1*, Erika Lindshield1, Kendra Kattelmann2, Koushik Adhikari3, Nancy Muturi4 and Susan Zies5

1Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health, College of Human Ecology, Kansas State University, 203 Justin Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
2Health and Nutritional Sciences Department, South Dakota State University, 100 Administration Lane, Brookings, SD 57006, USA
3Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
4A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas State University, 217 Kedzie Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
5College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Dr. Tandalayo Kidd, Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health, College of Human Ecology, Kansas State University, 203 Justin Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-1407, Tel: 785-532-0154; E-mail: martan@ksu.edu
15 March 2016; 23 July 2016; 25 July 2016
Kidd T, Lindshield E, Kattelmann K, Adhikari K, Muturi N, et al. (2016) Ignite-Sparking Youth to Create Healthy Communities: A Protocol for a Community-Centered Effort for the Prevention of Adolescent Obesity. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 3: 189. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2016/189

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