Reductions in the energy content of meals served in the Chilean National Nursery School Council Program did not consistently decrease obesity among beneficiaries

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2237-2243

  Corvalán, Camila ^a,c   Uauy, Ricardo ^c   Flores, Rafael ^a,b   Kleinbaum, David ^b   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSERY SCHOOL; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

EID: 55949135305     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.11.2237     Document Type: Article

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