The prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A review of interventions and programmes

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-136

  Doak, C M ^a   Visscher, T L S ^a   Renders, C M ^b   Seidell, J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood; Obesity; Overweight; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKINFOLD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEVISION CAMERA; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 33645104712     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00234.x     Document Type: Review

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