Increasing community capacity and decreasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in a community based intervention among australian adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 379-384

  Millar, Lynne ^a   Robertson, Narelle ^a   Allender, Steven ^a,b   Nichols, Melanie ^a,b   Bennett, Catherine ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capacity; Children; Community; Obesity; Prevention; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84877588910     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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