Future sport, exercise and physical education professionals' perceptions of the physical self of obese children

Kinesiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-43

  Peters, Derek M ^a,b   Jones, Ruan J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anti fat bias; Attitudes; Overweight; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954710229     PISSN: 13311441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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