A cross-sectional examination of school characteristics associated with overweight and obesity among grade 1 to 4 students

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Leatherdale, Scott T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index BMI; Built environment; Children; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ONTARIO; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84885505695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-982     Document Type: Article

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