Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviors among schoolchildren in German-speaking Switzerland compared to seven countries in Europe

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Herzig, Michael ^a,b   Dössegger, Alain ^c   Mäder, Urs ^c   Kriemler, Susi ^a,b   Wunderlin, Tina ^a,b   Grize, Leticia ^a,b   Brug, Johannes ^d   Manios, Yannis ^e   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a,b   Bringolf Isler, Bettina ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diet; Overweight; Physical activity; Schoolchildren; Sedentary behavior

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; SWITZERLAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAKFAST; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84870062526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-139     Document Type: Article

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