Short-term effects of school-based weight gain prevention among adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 565-571

  Singh, Amika Sonja ^a   Paw, Marijke Jeannette Maidy Chin A ^a   Brug, Johannes ^b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL; HIP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34249929835     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.6.565     Document Type: Article

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