Do school based food and nutrition policies improve diet and reduce obesity?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-53

  Jaime, Patricia Constante ^a   Lock, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Nutrition policy; Obesity; School; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIET; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RESEARCH; SCHOOLS;

EID: 58149152958     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.10.018     Document Type: Review

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