US states' childhood obesity surveillance practices and recommendations for improving them, 2014-2015

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Blondin, Kelly J ^a   Giles, Catherine M ^b   Cradock, Angie L ^b   Gortmaker, Steven L ^b   Long, Michael W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; STATE GOVERNMENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981206941     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd13.160060     Document Type: Article

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