Reducing childhood overweight and obesity in New Zealand through setting a clear and achievable target

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 1406, 2014, Pages 10-15

  Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

CHILD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84922480362     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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