Environmental components of childhood obesity prevention interventions: an overview of systematic reviews

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1116-1130

  Cauchi, D ^a   Glonti, K ^a   Petticrew, M ^a   Knai, C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; environmental interventions; obesity prevention; overview

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84990849844     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12441     Document Type: Review

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