Associations between after-school physical activity, television use, and parental strategies in a sample of New Zealand adolescents

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-305

  Hohepa, Maea ^a   Scragg, Robert ^b   Schofield, Grant ^a   Kolt, Gregory S ^a   Schaaf, David ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Parents; Sedentary; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649123167     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.6.3.299     Document Type: Article

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