Physical activity and fitness in 8-year-old overweight and normal weight children and their parents

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Karppanen, Anna Kaisa ^a   Ahonen, Sanna Mari ^a   Tammelin, Tuija ^b   Vanhala, Marja ^a,c   Korpelainen, Raija ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Fitness; Obesity; Overweight; Parental physical activity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84860318479     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.17621     Document Type: Article

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