Reducing unhealthy weight gain in Fijian adolescents: Results of the Healthy Youth Healthy Communities study

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 29-40

  Kremer, P ^a   Waqa, G ^b   Vanualailai, N ^b   Schultz, J T ^c   Roberts, G ^b   Moodie, M ^a   Mavoa, H ^a   Malakellis, M ^a   McCabe, M P ^a   Swinburn, B A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^c National Food and Nutrition Centre   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Community; Intervention; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY YOUTH HEALTHY COMMUNITIES; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FIJI; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 80054836577     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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