The 'obesity crisis' and school physical education

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-133

  Kirk, David ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Health related exercise; Obesity discourse; School physical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646374449     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320600640660     Document Type: Article

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