Developing the intervention material to increase physical activity levels of European preschool children: The ToyBox-study

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.3, 2014, Pages 27-39

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

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b State Institute of Early Childhood Research   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^f CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet Muenchen ^*  (Germany)

^j VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^l DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^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

Intervention; Kindergarten; Obesity prevention; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FLUID INTAKE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PLAY; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPAIN; TEACHER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSERY SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECREATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, NURSERY;

EID: 84904674252     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12176     Document Type: Article

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