Two-year follow-up of an obesity prevention initiative in children: The APPLE project

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1371-1377

  Taylor, Rachael W ^a   McAuley, Kirsten A ^a   Barbezat, Wyn ^a   Farmer, Victoria L ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Mann, Jim I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

BEVERAGES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETABLES;

EID: 55849152384     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2007.25749     Document Type: Article

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