School-based obesity-prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries: Do they really work?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-228

  Baranowski, Tom ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; EDITORIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84864347372     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.043349     Document Type: Editorial

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