A systematic review of school-based intervention studies for the prevention or reduction of excess weight among Chinese children and adolescents

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 548-559

  Li, M ^a   Li, S ^b   Baur, L A ^a   Huxley, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b George Institute for International Health   (China)

Author keywords

China; Interventions; Obesity; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINESE; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIET; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OBESITY;

EID: 54049121791     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00495.x     Document Type: Review

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