Addressing the potential adverse effects of school-based BMI assessments on children's wellbeing

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-57

  Gibbs, Lisa ^a   O'Connor, Thea ^b   Waters, Elizabeth ^a   Booth, Michael ^c   Walsh, Orla ^a,d   Green, Julie ^e   Bartlett, Jenny ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Children; Obesity interventions; Obesity prevention; Obesity research; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY TRAINING GROUPS; VICTORIA;

EID: 40149089097     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160701645202     Document Type: Article

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