Implementing childhood obesity policy in a new educational environment: The cases of Mississippi and Tennessee

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1406-1413

  Amis, John M ^a   Wright, Paul M ^a   Dyson, Ben ^b   Vardaman, James M ^c   Ferry, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MISSISSIPPI; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POLICY MAKING; SCHOOLS; SPORTS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84863110419     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300414     Document Type: Review

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