Physical education, obesity, and academic achievement: A 2-year longitudinal investigation of australian elementary school children

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 368-374

  Telford, Richard D ^a   Cunningham, Ross B ^b   Fitzgerald, Robert ^c   Olive, Lisa S ^c   Prosser, Laurence ^d   Jiang, Xiaoli ^e   Telford, Rohan M ^d  

^a Medical School   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d University of Ballarat ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857334843     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300220     Document Type: Article

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