Concepts and strategies on how to train and motivate teachers to implement a kindergarten-based, family-involved intervention to prevent obesity in early childhood. The ToyBox-study

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.3, 2014, Pages 40-47

  Payr, A ^a,f   Birnbaum, J ^a,f   Wildgruber, A ^b   Kreichauf, S ^b   Androutsos, O ^c   Lateva, M ^d   De Decker, E ^e   De Craemer, M ^e   Iotova, V ^d   Koletzko, B ^a,f   Grammatikaki, Eva ^c   Katsarou, Christina ^c   Apostolidou, Eftychia ^c   Efstathopoulou, Eirini ^c   Duvinage, Kristin ^f   Ibrügger, Sabine ^f   Strauß, Angelika ^f   Herbert, Birgit ^f   Geyer, Christine ^f   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^e   Cardon, Greet ^e   Craemer, Marieke De ^e   Decker, Ellen De ^e   Annemans, Lieven ^g   De Henauw, Stefaan ^g   Maes, Lea ^g   Vereecken, Carine ^g   Assche, Jo Van ^g   Pil, Lore ^g   Paw, Mai Chin A ^h   te Velde, Saskia ^h   Moreno, Luis ⁱ   Mouratidou, Theodora ⁱ   Fernandez, Juan ⁱ   Mesana, Maribel ⁱ   De Miguel Etayo, Pilar ⁱ   González Gil, Esther M ⁱ   Gracia Marco, Luis ⁱ   Oves, Beatriz ⁱ   Yngve, Agneta ^j   Kugelberg, Susanna ^j   Lynch, Christel ^j   Mosdøl, Annhild ^j   Nilsen B , Bente ^j   Summerbell, Carolyn ^k   Moore, Helen ^k   Douthwaite, Wayne ^k   Nixon, Catherine ^k   Socha, Piotr ^l   Kulaga, Zbigniew ^l   Zych, Kamila ^l   Góźdź, Magdalena ^l   Gurzkowska, Beata ^l   Szott, Katarzyna ^l   Usheva, Natalya ^d   Galcheva, Sonya ^d   Marinova, Vanya ^d   Radkova, Zhaneta ^d   Feschieva, Nevyana ^d   Lobstein, Tim ^m   Aikenhead, Andrea ^m   Buijs, Goof ^g   Dorgelo, Annemiek ^g   Nethe, Aviva ^g   Jansen, Jan ^g   Gmeiner, Otto ^g   Retterath, Jutta ^g   Wildeis, Julia ^g   Günthersberger, Axel ^g   Gibson, Leigh ⁿ   Voegele, Claus ^o   more..

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b State Institute of Early Childhood Research   (Germany)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet Muenchen ^*  (Germany)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^j OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^k DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^m International Association for the Study of Obesity   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

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Author keywords

Children; Kindergarten; Obesity prevention; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; HABIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KINDERGARTEN; KINDERGARTEN BASED FAMILY INVOLVED INTERVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHER; TRAINING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECREATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84904653465     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12177     Document Type: Article

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