Comfort and utility of school-based weight screening: The student perspective

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kalich, Karrie A ^a   Chomitz, Virginia ^b   Peterson, Karen E ^c   McGowan, Robert ^d   Houser, Robert F ^e   Must, Aviva ^f  

^a KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Institute for Community Health   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Health Physical Education and Athletics   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ETHNICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT CONTROL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 42149083275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-8-9     Document Type: Article

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