Assessing the sustained impact of a school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent boys: The ATLAS cluster randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lubans, David R ^a   Smith, Jordan J ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Dally, Kerry A ^a   Okely, Anthony D ^b   Salmon, Jo ^c   Morgan, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Disadvantaged; Fitness; Intervention; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOTIVATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOTIVATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPORTS;

EID: 84982242342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-016-0420-8     Document Type: Article

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