Examining the role of youth empowerment in preventing adolescence obesity in low-income communities

Examining the role of youth empowerment in preventing adolescence obesity in low-income communities

Introduction: Youth empowerment programs have increasingly gained attention in public health as emphasis shifts on children and adolescents as decision makers in their health and well-being. Adolescence obesity is among the public health concerns that require more active engagement at individual and...

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Main Authors: Adhikari, K. (Author), Daniels, A.M (Author), Kattelmann, K.K (Author), Khan, T. (Author), Kidd, T. (Author), Lindshield, E. (Author), Muturi, N. (Author), Zies, S. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2018
Subjects:
adolescent
Adolescent
adolescent obesity
Article
attitude to health
Attitude to Health
Barriers
behavior
child
Child
child nutrition
childhood obesity
decision making
Decision Making
disease association
empowerment
Ethnic
ethnicity
exercise
Exercise
feeding behavior
female
Female
food availability
food preference
health behavior
health survey
human
Humans
Kansas
low income country
Low-income
male
Male
motivation
Motivation
Obesity
Ohio
Pediatric Obesity
Perceptions
physical activity
poverty
Poverty
Power (Psychology)
psychology
questionnaire
self concept
Self Efficacy
Self-efficacy
sex difference
South Dakota
Surveys and Questionnaires
Youth empowerment
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