Let's go to the park today: The role of parks in obesity prevention and improving the public's health

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-428

  Blanck, Heidi M ^a   Allen, Diana ^b   Bashir, Zarnaaz ^c   Gordon, Nina ^d   Goodman, Alyson ^a   Merriam, Dee ^e   Rutt, Candace ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Health Initiatives   (United States)

^d California State Parks   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FOOD; HUMAN; OBESITY; RECREATION; SANITATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FOOD; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84867566545     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2012.0085.blan     Document Type: Article

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