Designer schools: The role of school space and architecture in obesity prevention

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2521-2530

  Gorman, Nicholas ^a   Lackney, Jeffery A ^b   Rollings, Kimberly ^c   Huang, Terry T K ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Energy balance; Environmental factors; Prevention; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARCHITECTURE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 38049026481     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.300     Document Type: Review

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