Physical activity levels, exercise attitudes, self-perceptions and BMI type of 11 to 12-year-old children

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-240

  Kamtsios, Spiridon ^a   Digelidis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a 4th Ionannina Primary School   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; BMI; Body image; Exercise; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TELEVISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; TELEVISION;

EID: 55949111746     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493508092510     Document Type: Article

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