Physical activity levels and energy expenditure of 9-year-old - 12-year-old overweight and obese children

Health SA Gesondheid

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kemp, Chanelle ^a   Pienaar, Anita Elizabeth ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84858772689     PISSN: 10259848     EISSN: 20719736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/hsag.v16i1.557     Document Type: Article

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