A controlled evaluation of a school-based obesity prevention in Turkish school children

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 473-482

  Kilicarslan Toruner, Ebru ^a   Savaser, Sevim ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

children; obesity; overweight; prevention; school based program

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL NURSING; SCHOOLS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 78649867202     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840510383987     Document Type: Article

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