Using nature and outdoor activity to improve children's health

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 102-117

  McCurdy, Leyla E ^a   Winterbottom, Kate E ^a   Mehta, Suril S ^b   Roberts, James R ^c  

^a National Environmental Education Foundation   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FATTY LIVER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY LIVER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77954589129     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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