Obesity prevention lessons from Latin America

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue S, 2014, Pages S120-S122

  Pratt, Michael ^a,b   Charvel Orozco, Ana Sofia ^c   Hernandez Avila, Mauricio ^d   Reis, Rodrigo S ^e,f   Sarmiento, Olga L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Obesity; Physical activity; Policy

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEXICO; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECREATION;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RECREATION;

EID: 84916602589     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.09.021     Document Type: Note

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