Should public health interventions aimed at reducing childhood overweight and obesity be gender-focused?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Simen Kapeu, Aline ^a   Veugelers, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953339672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-340     Document Type: Article

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