A school-based intervention to reduce overweight and inactivity in children aged 6-12 years: Study design of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jansen, Wilma ^a,b   Raat, Hein ^a   Zwanenburg, Evelien Joosten Van ^b   Reuvers, Ivo ^c   Van Walsem, Ron ^c   Brug, Johannes ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Sport and Recreation Department   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PLAY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY;

CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SPORTS;

EID: 49549102870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-257     Document Type: Article

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