The effects of a school-based intervention programme on dietary intakes and physical activity among primary-school children in Trinidad and Tobago

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 738-747

  Francis, Marlon ^a,b   Nichols, Selby S D ^a   Dalrymple, Nequesha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b National School Dietary Services Limited   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c University of the Southern Caribbean   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Curriculum; Intervention; Nutrition; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 77954213526     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000182     Document Type: Article

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