Low Aerobic Fitness and Obesity Are Associated with Lower Standardized Test Scores in Children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Roberts, Christian K ^a   Freed, Benjamin ^a   McCarthy, William J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WestEd   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH THERAPY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950520773     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.039     Document Type: Article

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