Development of new criterion-referenced fitness standards in the FITNESSGRAM ® program: Rationale and conceptual overview

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Welk, Gregory J ^a   Going, Scott B ^b   Morrow Jr , James R ^c   Meredith, Marilu D ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; EXERCISE; FITNESS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 80053360732     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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