Reducing obesity via a school-based interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Planet Health

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-418

  Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Peterson, Karen ^a   Wiecha, Jean ^a   Sobol, Arthur M ^a   Dixit, Sujata ^a,b   Fox, Mary Kay ^c   Laird, Nan ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032955529     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.4.409     Document Type: Article

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