Healthy Alberta communities: Impact of a three-year community-based obesity and chronic disease prevention intervention

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 955-962

  Raine, Kim D ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald ^a,b   Schopflocher, Donald ^a   Lytvyak, Ellina ^a   Nykiforuk, Candace I J ^a   Storey, Kate ^a   Ohinmaa, Arto ^a   Purdy, Lisa ^a   Veugelers, Paul ^a   Wild, T Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Community networks; Health promotion; Intervention studies; Obesity; Prevention; Public health

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; GROWTH; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECULARISM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OBESITY; PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887824115     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.024     Document Type: Article

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