Can young children make active choices? Outcomes of a feasibility trial in seven-year-old children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 625-637

  Hands, Beth ^a   Larkin, Dawne ^b   Rose, Elizabeth ^a   Parker, Helen ^a   Smith, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Intervention; MVPA; Physical activity; Play; Play5

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956128249     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004431003717623     Document Type: Article

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