School health initiatives and childhood obesity: BMI screening and reporting

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Soto, Carol ^a   White, Jane H ^a,b  

^a QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; childhood obesity; obesity screening; policy; school health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARKANSAS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049318974     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154410374218     Document Type: Article

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