Effect of a school-based water intervention on child body mass index and obesity

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 220-226

  Schwartz, Amy Ellen ^a   Leardo, Michele ^b   Aneja, Siddhartha ^b   Elbel, Brian ^c,d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MILK; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; NEW YORK; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILK; NEW YORK CITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84962429872     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3778     Document Type: Article

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