Obesity prevention in primary school settings: evidence from intervention studies

Kain, Juliana, Gao, Yang, Doak, Colleen and Murphy, Simon

2010. Obesity prevention in primary school settings: evidence from intervention studies. Waters, Elizabeth, Swinburn, Boyd A., Seidell, Jacob C. and Uauy, Ricardo, eds. Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 79-87. (10.1002/9781444318517.ch10)

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Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Summary and recommendations for practice; Method; Rationale/importance of primary setting; Defining the primary school settings; Type of Interventions; What has been proven effective; Future perspectives; References

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Research Institutes & Centres > Cardiff Institute of Society and Health (CISHE) Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
Uncontrolled Keywords:	obesity prevention in primary school settings; primary setting importance and obesity prevention in young children; Health Promoting Schools (HPS) program; social and economic development - unhealthy eating patterns; meals and snacks at schools - forming part of child's overall diet; school's physical environment - determining activity patterns; intervention in primary school settings - preventing obesity and childhood diabetes; intervention types - short term and long term; intervention effectiveness - behavior change and obesity prevention
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:	9781405158893
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Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 10:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25009

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