Healthy ready to learn: Examining the efficacy of an early approach to obesity prevention and school readiness

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-325

  Winter, Suzanne M ^a   Sass, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

child; education; obesity; preschool; readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959424685     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2011.580211     Document Type: Article

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