Community gardening and obesity

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 163-164

  Watson, Duika L Burges ^a   Moore, Helen J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY GARDENING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUIT; GARDENING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EXERCISE; GARDENING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 79961150074     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913911412475     Document Type: Note

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