| | Name of Organization: | West Virginia University | | Contact Name: | Kathaleen Perkins, Jean Someswar | | Address: | 1 Medical Center Drive | | City: | Morgantown | | State: | West Virginia | | Zip: | 26506 | | Phone #: | 304-598-4836 | | Fax #: | 304-598-4839 | | E-mail: | kperkins@hsc.wvu.edu | | Organization Type: | Government |  |
| | Mission of Organization: | To prevent cancer, Type II diabetes and heart disease. Develop awareness in overwight adolescents (ages 12-21 yrs) by changing lifestyle | | Goals: | To change lifestyle as measured by self-evaluation of attitude, improvement in step fitness, improvement DDR actual graphic measurement, energy output of 24 hour recall | | Collaborators on this program: | Department, nutrition, exercise physiology, psychology, social work | |
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| | Start Date: | July 2003 | | End Date: | ongoing | | Topic areas: | Physical Activity Programs | | Target population: | 5-18 yrs | | # of people reached annually: | 30+ | | Is there a fee to participate: | Yes | | Other information: | call Pediatric Clinic or Dr. Kathaleen Perkins | |
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