Systematic review of school-based interventions that focus on changing dietary intake and physical activity levels to prevent childhood obesity: An update to the obesity guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-141

  Brown, T ^a   Summerbell, C ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Prevention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 58149147443     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00515.x     Document Type: Review

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