Nutritional knowledge, lifestyle influences, and the impact on overweight and obesity rates among Druze children
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Ymame Whaby-Kamal, MA, nursing- faculty of social welfare and health sciences university of haifa, University of Haifa, Daliet El-Carmel- Haifa, Israel; Cheryl Zlotnick, DrPH, MPH, MS, RN, Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Mt Carmel, Haifa, Israel
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Obesity rates in Israel's general population and children is high. In Druze, minority among minorities, there is lack of information on rates of child obesity. This research will measure the rates of obesity, and assess the link between these rates and social and environmental influences in Druze elementary school children.
30th International Nursing Research Congress: Theory-to-Practice: Catalyzing Collaborations to Connect Globally. Held 25-29 July 2019 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Keywords | Bronfenbrenner`s Ecological Model; Druze; Obesity |
Name | 30th International Nursing Research Congress |
Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Date | 2019 |
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