Do youth sports prevent pediatric obesity? A systematic review and commentary

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 360-370

  Nelson, Toben F ^a   Stovitz, Steven D ^b   Thomas, Megan ^a   LaVoi, Nicole M ^a   Bauer, Katherine W ^a   Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENERGY BALANCE; FAST FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MILK; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY; SPORTS;

EID: 82955170654     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e318237bf74     Document Type: Review

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