A national survey of obesity prevention practices in head start

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1144-1150

  Whitaker, Robert C ^a,b   Gooze, Rachel A ^a   Hughes, Cayce C ^a   Finkelstein, Daniel M ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549134002     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.209     Document Type: Article

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