Juvenile obesity: Is school-based enhanced physical activity relevant?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 996-997

  Bar Or, Oded ^a  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; DIET; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FAT CONTENT; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 26444549787     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.10.996     Document Type: Editorial

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