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Objective
The study aim was to help the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland evaluate, quantify, and potentially modify the Girl Scouts Fierce & Fit program.
Methods
From 2018 to 2019, our Public Health Informatics, Computational, and Operations Research team developed a computational simulation model representing the 250 adolescent girls participating in the Fierce & Fit program and how their...
Objective
The objective of this study was to quantify the impact of crime on physical activity location accessibility, leisure‐time physical activity (LTPA), and obesity among African American women.
Methods
An agent‐based model was developed in 2016 to represent resource‐limited Washington, DC, communities and their populations to simulate the impact of crime on LTPA and obesity among African...
Objective
This paper estimates specific additional disease outcomes and costs that could be prevented by helping a patient go from an obesity or overweight category to a normal weight category at different ages. This information could help physicians, other health care workers, patients, and third‐party payers determine how to prioritize weight reduction.
Methods
A computational Markov model was...
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