Obesity intervention on the healthy lifestyle in childhood: Results of the PRESTO (PrEvention STudy of Obesity) Study

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-27

  Dietrich, Sabine ^a   Pietrobelli, Angela ^b   Dämon, Sabine ^a   Widhalm, Kurt ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449092668     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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