Indian Students' Perspectives on Obesity and School-Based Obesity Prevention: A Qualitative Examination

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 816-823

  Riggs, Nathaniel ^a   Tewari, Abha ^b   Stigler, Melissa ^c   Rodrigues, Lindsay ^c   Arora, Monika ^b   Khubchandani, Jagdish ^d   Simmons, Rob ^e   Pentz, Mary Ann ^f  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; child adolescent health; cultural competence; minority health; school health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD/ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MINORITY HEALTH; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT;

ASIAN; CHILD/ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; MINORITY HEALTH; SCHOOL HEALTH;

CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

EID: 84885992912     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839913502203     Document Type: Article

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