The effects of a 3-year obesity intervention in schoolchildren in Beijing

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 641-646

  Jiang, Jingxiong ^a,c   Xia, X ^b   Greiner, T ^c   Wu, G ^b   Lian, G ^a   Rosenqvist, U ^c  

^a National Center for Women's and Children's Health   (China)

^b CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; China; Intervention; Nutritional education; Prevalence; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34548262242     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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