Missed Opportunities. Local Health Departments as Providers of Obesity Prevention Programs for Adolescents

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Slater, Sandy J ^a   Powell, Lisa M ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DIET; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548638073     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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