Effects of a life skills intervention for increasing physical activity in adolescent girls

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1255-1261

  Young, Deborah Rohm ^a   Phillips, Jennie A ^a   Yu, Tao ^a   Haythornthwaite, Jennifer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TELEVISION;

EID: 33845438580     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.12.1255     Document Type: Article

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