Relationship of Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors and Fitness Measures to Academic Performance for Sixth Graders in a Midwest City School District

Journal of School Health

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Edwards, Jane U ^a,b   Mauch, Lois ^c   Winkelman, Mark R ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fargo Public Schools ^*  (United States)

^c Fargo Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Nutrition; Physical activity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651297568     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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