A simple dietary intervention in the school setting decreased incidence of overweight in children

Obesity Facts

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 282-285

  Muckelbauer, Rebecca ^a   Libuda, Lars ^a   Clausen, Kerstin ^a   Reinehr, Thomas ^b   Kersting, Mathilde ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood overweight; Educational intervention; Environmental intervention; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70449381820     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229783     Document Type: Article

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