Are children of today less active than before and is their health in danger? What can we do?

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 268-270

  Andersen, L B ^a   Van Mechelen, W ^b  

^a Department of Sport Medicine ^*  (Norway)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 26444545516     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2005.00488.x     Document Type: Editorial

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