A community-based family intervention program to improve obesity in Hispanic families

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 261-266

  Ziebarth, Deborah ^a   Healy Haney, Nancy ^b   Gnadt, Bridget ^b   Cronin, Lori ^c   Jones, Benjamen ^b   Jensen, Esther ^b   Viscuso, Martha ^c  

^a Herzing University   (United States)

^b Waukesha County Public Health Division   (United States)

^c Waukesha Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CURRICULUM; EXERCISE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WISCONSIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874812410     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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