It's time to be more serious about activating youngsters: Lessons for childhood obesity

Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages S28-S33

  Hills, Andrew P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956927183     PISSN: 1728869X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1728-869X(09)60020-4     Document Type: Article

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