Interventions to prevent global childhood overweight and obesity: a systematic review

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 332-346

  Bleich, Sara N ^a   Vercammen, Kelsey A ^a   Zatz, Laura Y ^a   Frelier, Johannah M ^a   Ebbeling, Cara B ^b   Peeters, Anna ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; DIET THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHILD; DIET; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EXERCISE; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY;

CHILD; DIET; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 85045017569     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(17)30358-3     Document Type: Review

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