Effect of an after-school intervention on increases in children's physical activity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 450-457

  Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Lee, Rebekka M ^a   Mozaffarian, Rebecca S ^a   Sobol, Arthur M ^a   Nelson, Toben F ^b   Roth, Barbara A ^c   Wiecha, Jean L ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c YMCA of the USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ACCELEROMETER; CHILD; INTERVENTION; MODERATE AND VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857628226     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182300128     Document Type: Article

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