Lessons from the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH): Interventions with children

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Lytle, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SODIUM INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

CAFETERIA;

EID: 0031962283     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199802000-00007     Document Type: Review

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