A framework for addressing the global obesity epidemic locally: The Child Health Ecological Surveillance System (CHESS)

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Lightfoot, Penny ^b   Barrett, Linda ^a   Spinola, Carla ^b   Predy, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 48849084677     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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