"Measure your belly." New Zealand children's constructions of health and fitness

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-48

  Burrows, Lisette ^a   Wright, Jan ^b   Jungersen Smith, Justine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bodies; Discursive resources; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036392544     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.22.1.39     Document Type: Article

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