title: [The role of school nurses in the prevention of adolescent obesity].
abstract: Due to the worrying increase in the number of obese children and adolescents and the known related risks, programs for the prevention of obesity are being introduced in the public health sphere. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) , obesity is common in all the industrialized countries and plays a significant role in mortality and morbidity in the European population. The aim of this study is to establish: the role of school nurses in schemes for preventing obesity in schools; the measures adopted to establish prevention schemes in school.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Bari.
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tassielli
authors.forename: Elsa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vitale
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012573:School Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires