Ensuring a healthy start is part of head start

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1583-1586

  Fleischhacker, Sheila ^a   Achterberg, Cheryl ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIET; DIETETICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; SCHOOL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0346731077     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2003.10.036     Document Type: Article

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