Editorial: School-based intervention to reduce obesity and diabetes risks: Small steps for a big problem

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 422-424

  Zeitler, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; GAME; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TELEVISION VIEWING; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 33847000231     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2706     Document Type: Editorial

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