The association of health-related fitness with indicators of academic performance in texas schools

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue , 2010, Pages S16-S23

  Welk, Gregory J ^a   Jackson, Allen W ^b   Morrow, James R ^b   Haskell, William H ^c   Meredith, Marilu D ^d   Cooper, Kenneth H ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

FITNESSGRAM ; Physical fitness; Testing; Youth

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EDUCATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOLS; TEXAS;

EID: 77956993956     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599690     Document Type: Article

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