Differences in school environment, school policy and actions regarding overweight prevention between Dutch schools. A nationwide survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Scholtens, Salome ^a   Middelbeek, Lideke ^a   Rutz, Suzanne I ^b   Buijs, Goof ^c   Bemelmans, Wanda Je ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Health Care Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

^c NIGZ Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 77249101596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-42     Document Type: Article

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