Effectiveness of a primary school-based intervention to reduce overweight

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 2 -2, 2011, Pages

  Jansen, Wilma ^a,b   Borsboom, Gerard ^a   Meima, Abraham ^b   Zwanenburg, Evelien Joosten Van ^b   MacKenbach, Johan P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a   Brug, Johannes ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Physical activity; Prevention; Randomized controlled trial; School based program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79959941313     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2011.575151     Document Type: Article

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