Overview of 71 European community-based initiatives against childhood obesity starting between 2005 and 2011: General characteristics and reported effects

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bemelmans, Wanda Jose Erika ^a   Wijnhoven, Trudy Maria Arnoldina ^b   Verschuuren, Marieke ^a   Breda, Joa˜o ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Community health services; Effectiveness; Obesity; Programme evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904784416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-758     Document Type: Article

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