Screen-related Sedentary Behaviors: Children's and Parents' Attitudes, Motivations, and Practices

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  He, Meizi ^a,b   Piché, Leonard ^c   Beynon, Charlene ^a,d   Harris, Stewart ^d  

^a Public Health Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

attitudes; intentions; school aged children; sedentary behavior; social influence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS; TELEVISION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ONTARIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 72149098830     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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