The impact of a 3-year after-school obesity prevention program in elementary school children

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-70

  Yin, Zenong ^a   Moore, Justin B ^b   Johnson, Maribeth H ^c   Vernon, Marlo M ^c   Gutin, Bernard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863404529     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2011.0085     Document Type: Article

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