Healthier school environment leads to decreases in childhood obesity: The Kearney Nebraska story

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 600-607

  Heelan, Kate A ^a   Bartee, R Todd ^a   Nihiser, Allison ^b   Sherry, Bettylou ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEBRASKA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEBRASKA; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84943373444     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2015.0005     Document Type: Article

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