Recommendations from Overweight Youth Regarding School-Based Weight Control Programs

Journal of School Health

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 428-433

  Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^a   Story, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031310195     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1997.tb01289.x     Document Type: Article

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