WHO European childhood obesity surveillance initiative: School nutrition environment and body mass index in primary schools

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11261-11285

  Wijnhoven, Trudy M A ^a   Van Raaij, Joop M A ^c   Sjöberg, Agneta ^d   Eldin, Nazih ^e,f   Yngve, Agneta ^g   Kunešová, Marie ^h   Starc, Gregor ⁱ   Rito, Ana I ^j   Duleva, Vesselka ^k   Hassapidou, Maria ^l   Martos, ÉVa ^m   Pudule, Iveta ⁿ   Petrauskiene, Ausra ^o   Sant’angelo, Victoria Farrugia ^p   Hovengen, Ragnhild ^q   Breda, João ^a  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

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

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^k National Center for Public Health Prevention   (Bulgaria)

^l ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^m National Institute of Food Hygiene and Nutrition Budapest   (Hungary)

ⁿ Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (Latvia)

^o LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^p Primary Health Care Department   (Malta)

^q NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Europe; Healthy school environment; Monitoring; Nutrition; Overweight; Physical activity; Primary schools; School policy

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPE; FAST FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALTA; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PORTUGAL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SLOVENIA; SOFT DRINK; SWEDEN; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOLS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84908349931     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111111261     Document Type: Article

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