Correlates of health-related physical fitness levels of Portuguese children

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-59

  Pereira, Sofia A ^a   Seabra, André T ^a   Silva, Rui G ^a   Zhu, Weimo ^b   Beunen, Gaston P ^c   Maia, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; health related physical fitness; motor coefficient; obesity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH RELATED PHYSICAL FI TNESS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 78651404682     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477161003792549     Document Type: Article

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