Does school-based physical activity decrease overweight and obesity in children aged 6-9 years? A two-year non-randomized longitudinal intervention study in the Czech Republic

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  • Description: Globally, efforts aimed at the prevention of childhood obesity have led to the implementation of a range of school-based interventions. This study assessed whether augmenting physical activity (PA) within the school setting resulted in increased daily PA and decreased overweight/obesity levels in 6-9-year-old children.
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  • Collection : ChiMat Research
  • Collection : Obesity: Research
  • Collection : School health: Research
  • Collection : School health: Commissioners
  • Collection : School health: Providers
  • Collection : School health: Healthy weight
  • Collection : School health: Interventions
  • Collection : School health: Sport and physical activity

  • Author


  • Erik Sigmund

    • Publishing

  • Published by: BMC Public Health
  • Published date: Sunday, 29th July 2012 00:00:00

    • Subject

  • Keywords (National Public Health Language):
  • AGE GROUPS
  • BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITION
  • BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTIONS AND POINTS
  • CAUSES OF HARM
  • CHILD
  • CHILDREN
  • EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
  • HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
  • HEALTH SERVICES
  • HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH PROMOTION
  • IMPLEMENTATION
  • INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR
  • INTERVENTIONS
  • MANAGEMENT
  • OBESITY
  • OVERWEIGHT
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  • POINT
  • PREVENTION
  • PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
  • SCHOOLS
  • SETTINGS
  • SETTINGS AND PLACES
  • WEIGHT
  • YOUNG PEOPLE
  • Category (Government Category List):
  • OLDER PEOPLE
  • PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
  • YOUNG PEOPLE

    • Other

  • Source: BMC Public Health 2012, 12:570 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-570

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