Implementation conditions for diet and physical activity interventions and policies: An umbrella review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Horodyska, Karolina ^a   Luszczynska, Aleksandra ^a,b   Hayes, Catherine B ^c   O'Shea, Miriam P ^c   Langøien, Lars J ^d   Roos, Gun ^e   Van Den Berg, Matthijs ^f   Hendriksen, Marieke ^f   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^g   Brug, Johannes ^h  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Implementation; Intervention; Physical activity; Policy; RE AIM; Sedentary behavior; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIET; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; JOINT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STAFF; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COOPERATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84950265166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2585-5     Document Type: Article

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