Overweight prevention implemented by primary school teachers: A randomised controlled trial

Obesity Facts

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Brandstetter, Susanne ^a   Klenk, Jochen ^b   Berg, Swantje ^a   Galm, Christoph ^a   Fritz, Michael ^b   Peter, Richard ^b   Prokopchuk, Dmytro ^a   Steiner, Ronald P ^a   Wartha, Olivia ^b   Steinacker, Jürgen ^a   Wabitsch, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural interventions; BMI; Body composition; Children; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TEACHER; TELEVISION VIEWING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; EXERCISE; FACULTY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVERWEIGHT; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84858855863     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336255     Document Type: Article

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