A district health team launches a programme introducing daily structured physical activity and healthy diet practices in all primary schools, with the stated goal of preventing the very emergence of obesity and insulin resistance in the child population. According to the levels of prevention, this intervention is:

• A Tertiary prevention
• B Primary prevention through specific protection
• C Secondary prevention
• D Primordial prevention ✓

Explanation

Primordial prevention prevents the development of risk factors themselves in a population, typically by lifestyle and environmental measures applied before risk factors appear, and is directed mainly at children and whole communities. Primary prevention acts against an already identified risk factor or agent, secondary involves early detection and treatment, and tertiary limits disability and rehabilitation. School-based habit formation is the textbook example of primordial prevention.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 26th ed.

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