Scaling up community-based obesity prevention in Australia: Background and evaluation design of the Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well initiative

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  De Silva Sanigorski, Andrea M ^a,c   Bolton, Kristy ^a   Haby, Michelle ^b   Kremer, Peter ^a   Gibbs, Lisa ^c   Waters, Elizabeth ^c   Swinburn, Boyd ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victorian Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949357066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-65     Document Type: Article

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