Downward trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight in two pilot towns taking part in the VIASANO community‐based programme in Belgium: data from a national school health monitoring system
Summary Background Multilevel approaches involving environmental strategies are considered to be good practice to help reduce the prevalence of childhood overweight. Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of VIASANO , a community‐based programme using the EPODE methodology, on the prevalence of overweight in two pilot towns in B elgium. Methods We analysed data from a national school health monitoring system to compare changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over a 3‐year period (2007–2010) in children aged 3–4 and 5–6 years in the pilot towns with those... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Pediatric Obesity ; volume 11, issue 1, page 61-67 ; ISSN 2047-6302 2047-6310 |
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Wiley
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Schlagwörter: | Public Health / Environmental and Occupational Health / Nutrition and Dietetics / Health Policy / Pediatrics / Perinatology and Child Health |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26998055 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12022 |