Fighting obesity campaign in Turkey: Evaluation of media campaign efficacy

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 170-174

  Arıkan, İnci ^a   Karakaya, Kağan ^b   Erata, Mustafa ^b   Tüzün, Hakan ^b   Baran, Emine ^b   Göçmen, Levent ^b   Yeşil, Harika Kökalan ^b  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Healthy behaviour; Media campaigns; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922277610     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3882     Document Type: Article

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