Physical activity interventions in schools for improving lifestyle in European countries

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-101

  Mura, Gioia ^a   Rocha, Nuno B F ^b   Helmich, Ingo ^c   Budde, Henning ^d   Machado, Sergio ^e   Wegner, Mirko ^f   Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^e   Arias Carrión, Oscar ^g   Vellante, Marcello ^a   Baum, Antonia ^a   Guicciardi, Marco ^a   Patten, Scott B ^h   Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

European countries; Obesity prevention; Physical activity; School based intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EATING HABIT; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FITNESS; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; ICELAND; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTUGAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84929626801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901511010077     Document Type: Article

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