A coordinated school health approach to obesity prevention among appalachian youth: The winning with wellness pilot project

Family and Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-285

  Schetzina, Karen E ^a   Dalton, William T ^b   Lowe, Elizabeth F ^b   Azzazy, Nora ^e   Vonwerssowetz, Katrina M ^a   Givens, Connie ^f   Pfortmiller, Deborah T ^c,d   Stern, H Patrick ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*

^c Center for Nursing Research

^d East Tennessee State University   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Office of Coordinated   (United States)

Author keywords

Overweight; Pediatric obesity; Prevention; Rural; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 68349155998     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181ab3c57     Document Type: Article

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