Strengthening the rigour of population-wide, community-based obesity prevention evaluations

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 407-421

  Wolfenden, Luke ^a   Wiggers, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Evaluation; Methodology; Obesity; Prevention

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

BODY WEIGHT; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84896472796     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004958     Document Type: Review

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