Obesity prevention and the Health promoting Schools framework: Essential components and barriers to success

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Langford, Rebecca ^a   Bonell, Christopher ^b   Jones, Hayley ^a   Campbell, Rona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Health promoting Schools; Healthy eating; Interventions; Physical activity; Process evaluation; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EUROPE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FITNESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PARENTING EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENTIST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; META ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84924534825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-015-0167-7     Document Type: Article

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