Reducing children's television viewing to prevent obesity: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 282, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1561-1567

  Robinson, Thomas N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD; TELEVISION; VIDEOTAPE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEVISION;

EID: 0032743289     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.16.1561     Document Type: Article

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