Childhood obesity prevention: Successful community-based efforts

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 615, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-99

  DeMattia, Laure ^a,b   Lee Denney, Shannon ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Community; Interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349122493     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207309940     Document Type: Review

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