Fitness and Fatness in Childhood Obesity: Implications for Physical Activity

Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 371-381

  Shultz, Sarah P ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^b   Byrne, Nuala M ^a   Hills, Andrew P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374995-6.10034-9     Document Type: Chapter

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