Downward trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight in the setting of 12-year school- and community-based programmes

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1735-1742

  Romon, Monique ^a   Lommez, Agnes ^b   Tafflet, Muriel ^c   Basdevant, Arnaud ^d   Oppert, Jean Michel ^d   Bresson, Jean Louis ^e   Ducimetiére, Pierre ^c   Charles, Marie Aline ^c   Borys, Jean Michel ^b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Fleurbaix Laventie Ville Sant Association ^*  (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood; Community based intervention; Obesity prevalence; School based intervention; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71249136518     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008004278     Document Type: Article

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