Overweight children in rural Norway - public health nurses’ possibilities and limitations within national guidelines

• Main Authors: Reidun Heggem (Author), Gudveig Gjøsund (Author), Alexander Zahl-Thanem (Author), Anne Margrethe Brigham (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Globally, overweight and obesity are more prevalent in rural areas than in urban areas. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent public health nurses in rural areas in Norway feel equipped to tackle the overweight and obesity epidemic within two sets of national guidel...