Outcome results for the Ma'alahi Youth Project, a Tongan community-based obesity prevention programme for adolescents

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 41-50

  Fotu, K F ^a   Millar, L ^b   Mavoa, H ^b   Kremer, P ^b   Moodie, M ^b   Snowdon, W ^c   Utter, J ^d   Vivili, P ^a   Schultz, J T ^e   Malakellis, M ^b   McCabe, M P ^b   Roberts, G ^c   Swinburn, B A ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Tonga   (Tonga)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e National Food and Nutrition Centre   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Intervention; Obesity; Tonga

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOCIAL MARKETING; TONGA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL MARKETING; TONGA; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054840689     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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