Two-year controlled effectiveness trial of a school-based intervention to prevent obesity in Chilean children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1451-1461

  Kain, Juliana ^a   Leyton, Barbara ^a   Cerda, Ricardo ^b   Vio, Fernando ^a   Uauy, Ricardo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Chile; Prevention; School based

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 69749112917     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000800428X     Document Type: Article

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