School-based interventions for health promotion and weight control: Not just waiting on the world to change

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue , 2009, Pages 253-272

  Katz, D L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Meta analysis; Obesity; Overweight; Schools; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 67650741764     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100307     Document Type: Review

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