After-school program to reduce obesity in minority children: A pilot study

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-346

  Madsen, Kristine A ^a   Thompson, Hannah R ^a   Wlasiuk, Lidya ^a   Queliza, Emily ^b   Schmidt, Colin ^b   Newman, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b America SCORES Bay Area   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Ethnicity; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAN FRANCISCO; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77649277414     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493509344823     Document Type: Article

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