Evaluation of the childhood obesity prevention program Kids - 'Go for your life'

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  De Silva Sanigorski, Andrea ^a,c   Prosser, Lauren ^a,b   Carpenter, Lauren ^a   Honisett, Suzy ^b   Gibbs, Lisa ^a   Moodie, Marj ^c   Sheppard, Lauren ^c   Swinburn, Boyd ^c   Waters, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; VICTORIA;

EID: 77952681094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-288     Document Type: Article

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