Advocating for the prevention of childhood obesity: A call to action for nursing

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Berkowitz, Bobbie ^a   Borchard, Marleyse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy and policy role for preventing childhood obesity; Childhood obesity; Childhood overweight; Collaborative leadership; Community centered approaches to preventing childhood obesity; Nursing role in preventing childhood obesity; Prevention of childhood obesity; Race, ethnicity, and childhood obesity; Recommendations for preventing childhood obesity; Social marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549084878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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