Ontario's daily physical activity policy for elementary schools: Is everything in place for success?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Robertson Wilson, Jennifer E ^a   Lévesque, Lucie ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Physical activity; Public policy; School

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

EXERCISE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OBESITY; ONTARIO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL MARKETING; STUDENTS;

EID: 64949160905     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405521     Document Type: Article

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