From "best practice" to "next practice": the effectiveness of school-based health promotion in improving healthy eating and physical activity and preventing childhood obesity

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fung, Christina ^a   Kuhle, Stefan ^a   Lu, Connie ^a   Purcell, Megan ^a   Schwartz, Marg ^a   Storey, Kate ^a   Veugelers, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Comprehensive school health; Health policy; Health promotion; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical activity; Program evaluation; Public health; School health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; VEGETABLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STANDARD;

ALBERTA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84857946877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-27     Document Type: Article

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