Evaluation of the Living 4 Life project: A youth-led, school-based obesity prevention study

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 51-60

  Utter, J ^a   Scragg, R ^a   Robinson, E ^a   Warbrick, J ^a   Faeamani, G ^a   Foroughian, S ^a   Dewes, O ^a   Moodie, M ^b   Swinburn, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Intervention; New Zealand; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIVING 4 LIFE PROJECT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 80054837547     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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