Weight gain prevention in the school worksite setting: Results of a multi-level cluster randomized trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-47

  Lemon, Stephenie C ^a   Wang, Monica L ^a   Wedick, Nicole M ^a   Estabrook, Barbara ^a   Druker, Susan ^a   Schneider, Kristin L ^b   Li, Wenjun ^a   Pbert, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Environmental interventions; Obesity prevention; Program evaluation; Worksite health promotion

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTIONS; OBESITY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WORKSITE HEALTH PROMOTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893829011     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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