Evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention program on preventing childhood obesity in Denizli, Turkey;Denizli'de çocukluk çaǧı obezitesinin önlenmesine yönelik bir müdahale programının etkinliǧinin deǧerlendirilmesi

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1097-1105

  Sevinç, Özgür ^a   Bozkurt, Ali Ihsan ^a   Gündoǧdu, Mehmet ^b   Baş Aslan, Ümmühan ^a   Aǧbuǧa, Bülent ^a   Aslan, Şehmus ^a   Dikbaş, Emel ^a   Gökçe, Zeliha ^c  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Local Health Authority   (Turkey)

^c Denizli Public Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Childhood; Healthy nutrition; Intervention study; Obesity; Physical activity; Preventing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 80155129008     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1009-1179     Document Type: Article

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