Grand Canyon Trekkers: School-Based Lunchtime Walking Program

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-50

  Hawthorne, Alisa ^a   Shaibi, Gabriel ^b   Gance Cleveland, Bonnie ^c   McFall, Sarah ^d  

^a Scottsdale Healthcare   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Virginia G Piper Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

elementary; exercise; health wellness; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 78751478202     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840510391669     Document Type: Article

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