School opportunities and physical activity frequency in nine year old children

Tracie Barnett (), Jennifer O’Loughlin, Lise Gauvin, Gilles Paradis, James Hanley, Jennifer McGrath and Marie Lambert

International Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 54, issue 3, 150-157

Abstract: The association between PA frequency and school-level PA opportunity differs by sex and weight status. Overweight boys in particular may benefit from health promotion strategies providing greater opportunities for school PA. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2009

Keywords: Children; Physical activity; Obesity; Multilevel model; School policy; Built environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-7110-0

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