Health behaviours and health-care utilization in Canadian schoolchildren
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Health behaviours and health-care utilization in Canadian schoolchildren.
OBJECTIVE Poor nutritional habits and physical inactivity are two health behaviours believed to be linked with increasing rates of overweight and obesity in children. The objective of the present study was to determine whether children who reported healthier behaviours, specifically in relation to nutrition and physical activity, also had lower health-care utilization. DESIGN Population-based...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980012002728