Open AccessChanges in BMI and blood pressure after a school based intervention: The CHILDREN study
Author(s) -
Peter Angelopoulos,
Haralambos Milionis,
Evangelia Grammatikaki,
George Moschonis,
Yannis Μanios
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckp004
Subject(s) - normative , psychological intervention , theory of planned behavior , intervention (counseling) , obesity , medicine , blood pressure , physical activity , physical therapy , psychology , environmental health , control (management) , endocrinology , epistemology , philosophy , psychiatry , management , economics
Identification of the behavioural, normative and control beliefs influencing children's behaviour is an important prerequisite in designing effective interventions. The current study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program, based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), on obesity indices and blood pressure (BP) in Ioannina, Greece.
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