Prevention of further weight gain in overweight school children, a pilot study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 498-505

  Melin, Anna ^a   Lenner, Ragnhild Arvidsson ^b  

^a Central Unit for Childhealthcare   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child; Intervention programme; Life style; Nurses; Overweight; Parents; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIET; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 68949111870     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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