Monitoring trends in childhood obesity: A simple school-based model

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Levine, R S ^a   Feltbower, R G ^a   Connor, A M ^b   Robinson, M ^a,b   Rudolf, M C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b East Leeds Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MONITORING; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39449103056     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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