Pre-school overweight and obesity in England

Health Education

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 507-521

  Robinson, Sally ^a   Page, Kirsty ^b  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bicester Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); England; Health education; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949083928     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280911001176     Document Type: Article

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