Impact of an organizational intervention designed to improve snack and beverage quality in YMCA after-school programs

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 925-932

  Mozaffarian, Rebecca S ^a   Wiecha, Jean L ^a,c   Roth, Barbara A ^b   Nelson, Toben F ^a   Lee, Rebekka M ^a   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YMCA of the USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951242148     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.158907     Document Type: Article

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