No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 936-942

  Krukowski, Rebecca A ^a   Smith West, Delia ^a   Siddiqui, Nadia J ^c   Bursac, Zoran ^a   Phillips, Martha M ^a,b,d   Raczynski, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 53849107778     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.10.936     Document Type: Article

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