Title | Identifying common metrics for evaluating school-based healthy lifestyles programs in seven countries: introduction to workshop proceedings. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | PĂ©rez-Escamilla, Rafael, and Michael Alberg-Seberich |
Journal | Food and nutrition bulletin |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 3 Suppl |
Pagination | S93-6 |
Date Published | 2014 Sep |
ISSN | 0379-5721 |
Keywords | Adolescent, Child, Child Welfare, Child, Preschool, Diet, Health Promotion, Humans, Life Style, Obesity, Program Evaluation, School Health Services, Spain |
Abstract | The worldwide childhood obesity pandemic highlights the need to instill healthy lifestyle habits in children and youths, in particular fostering and facilitating healthy eating behaviors and a high degree of physical activity. To achieve this it's important to strengthen local program evaluation capacity. |
Alternate Journal | Food Nutr Bull |