Barriers to obesity prevention in Head Start

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 454-462

  Hughes, Cayce C ^c   Gooze, Rachel A ^c   Finkelstein, Daniel M ^a   Whitaker, Robert C ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EATING HABIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OBESITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954807719     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0499     Document Type: Article

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