Can Australian general practitioners tackle childhood overweight/obesity? Methods and processes from the LEAP (Live, Eat and Play) randomized controlled trial

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 488-494

  McCallum, Zoë ^a,e   Wake, Melissa ^a   Gerner, Bibi ^a   Harris, Claire ^a,b   Gibbons, Kay ^c   Gunn, Jane ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a   Baur, Louise A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Feasibility; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVE EAT AND PLAY STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; STAFF TRAINING; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644818367     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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