Best-practice guidelines for physical activity at child care

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1650-1659

  McWilliams, Christina ^a   Ball, Sarah C ^a   Benjamin, Sara E ^c   Hales, Derek ^a   Vaughn, Amber ^a   Ward, Dianne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Environment; Guidelines; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITTING; STAFF TRAINING; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BENCHMARKING; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 71949121691     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0952     Document Type: Review

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