Better with a buddy: Influence of best friends on children's physical activity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-265

  Jago, Russell ^a   MacDonald Wallis, Kyle ^a   Thompson, Janice L ^a   Page, Angie S ^a   Brockman, Rowan ^a   Fox, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accelerometer; friendship; modeling; Neighborhood; peer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 78751645767     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181edefaa     Document Type: Article

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