Individual rights over public good? The future of anthropometric monitoring of school children in the fight against obesity

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-142

  Stubbs, Joanne M ^a   Achat, Helen M ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EATING HABIT; EPIDEMIC; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OBESITY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT RIGHT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 61349173125     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02316.x     Document Type: Article

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