Engaging municipalities in community capacity building for childhood obesity control in urban settings

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Loureiro, Maria Isabel G ^a   Freudenberg, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Child obesity; Municipal government; Network; Partnership; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMMUNITY CARE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LONDON; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84858175501     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr076     Document Type: Article

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