Smart-phone obesity prevention trial for adolescent boys in low-income communities: The ATLAS RCT

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e723-e731

  Smith, Jordan J ^a   Morgan, Philip J ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Dally, Kerry A ^a   Salmon, Jo ^b   Okely, Anthony D ^c   Finn, Tara L ^a   Lubans, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Intervention studies; Obesity; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Randomized controlled trial; Schools; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DETERMINATION THEORY; SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; SUGAR INTAKE; TEACHER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; SCHOOL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84907212720     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1012     Document Type: Article

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