Obesity increase among low SES Australian schoolchildren between 2000 and 2006: time for preventive interventions to target children from low income schools?

Jennifer O’Dea and Michael Dibley ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, issue 3, 185-192

Abstract: Obesity increased significantly among children in low SES schools and preventive efforts should urgently and carefully target preventive efforts to assist schools, families and communities which are socially and economically, disadvantaged using culturally appropriate physical activity and nutrition promotion interventions. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel/Switzerland 2010

Keywords: Children; Schools; Obesity; Prevalence; Prevention; SES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0079-x

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