Reduction in overweight and obesity from a 3-year community-based intervention in Australia: The 'It's Your Move!' project

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Millar, L ^a   Kremer, P ^a   de Silva Sanigorski, A ^b   McCabe, M P ^a   Mavoa, H ^a   Moodie, M ^a   Utter, J ^c   Bell, C ^d   Malakellis, M ^a   Mathews, L ^a   Roberts, G ^e   Robertson, N ^a   Swinburn, B A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Community; Intervention; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 80053001126     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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