Overview of the Texas youth fitness study

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue , 2010, Pages S1-S5

  Meredith, Marilu D ^d   Martin, Scott B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Physical fitness; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOLS; TEXAS;

EID: 77956998425     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599688     Document Type: Article

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