A holistic school-based intervention for improving health-related knowledge, body composition, and fitness in elementary school students: An evaluation of the HealthMPowers program

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Burke, Rachel M ^a   Meyer, Adria ^b   Kay, Christi ^b   Allensworth, Diane ^b   Gazmararian, Julie A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HealthMPowers   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Children; Nutrition education; Physical activity; Physical fitness; School based intervention

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TRACKING TOOL; FITNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SELF EVALUATION; STUDENT; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84902913889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-78     Document Type: Article

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